Website GKN Aerospace

Job Highlights

Title	Tool Setter
Type	Full Time
Experience	Required
Function	Maintenance
Location	Wellington, KS, United States
Company	GKN Aerospace

Company Profile

GKN Aerospace delivers advanced aerostructures, engine systems, wiring solutions, landing gear, and transparencies for civil and military aerospace applications worldwide.

Job Profile

The company is searching for a Tool Setter who will install cutting tools (drills, end mills, reamers, porting tools, back spot face tools, chamfer tools, etc.) into tool holders, to designated set lengths and runouts defined by the programming department.

Education Level

High School Diploma

Work Experience

Experience with milling cutting tools (preferred, but not mandatory)
Experience with torque wrenches (preferred, but not mandatory)
GKN Aerospace Experience

Duties/Responsibilities

Communicates well with programmers, Engineers, Peers, and Management about the changes and obstacles necessary to perform the Preset functions.
Follow the tool set-up sheet (MSTA) to order tools from Tool Crib.
Identifies which tools are to be rerun according to the tool sheet (QPP).
Labels tools.
Maintains a clean and safe workspace.
Uses computer software to find and print the correct revision Tool Set-up sheets for jobs.
Uses hand tools (such as torque wrenches) and the heat-shrink machine to remove and secure cutting tools that need to be replaced.
Uses a Heat Shrink machine and various torque wrenches to secure tools in holders.
Uses scales, calipers, and height gages to set tool lengths in various tool holders.
Uses Zoller measuring machines as well as precision measuring tools to verify a multitude of dimensions.
Verifies all tools meet the dimensions and quantities per part on the MSTA.
Verifies that the correct tools are received per the tool sheet.
Works well as a team player in a fast-paced environment.