Tool & Die Specialist

Overview

We make life more comfortable.

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

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A Leader in the Upholstered Furniture Industry

In our Furniture Components business, we design, manufacture, and distribute a wide range of components and finished products that enhance comfort, motion, and style in upholstered furniture, including recliner mechanisms, seating support systems, and sofa sleeper units. With a global footprint that includes international manufacturing, product development, distribution and sales, we are strategically positioned to support upholstered furniture manufacturers around the world.

Leggett & Platt is North America’s leading independent manufacturer of office furniture components and mechanism. Our Work Furniture business produces task and finished components, as well as select lines of private label finished seating. From surface-critical bent tube assemblies and molded plywood components to chair mechanisms, bases, arms, seats, and backs, Work Furniture brings diverse world-class manufacturing capabilities together in the production and assembly of high-quality contract furniture products.

Learn more about Furniture components:
Furniture

Learn more about Work Furniture:
Work Furniture

• Up to 1 year of related experience or training or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• High School Diploma
• 2 Year Assoc. Degree or equivalent experience

• The primary duties of the employee are (but not limited to) the following:
• Must be able to design or assist in the design of dies, fixtures, machines, machine repairs, die building and die repairs. Assist in quoting, build time and materials costs. Must be capable of working with extremely close tolerances. Have knowledge of CAD/CAM, wire EDM and CNC machines. Capable of training other employees.
• Understand designs, develops, manufactures of dies, jigs, fixtures, machines and be capable of operating production equipment. Performs all aspects of machine and die building, working from blueprints, engineering sketches, piece parts, or verbal instructions. Performs all duties assigned with a minimum of supervision. Operates a variety of related precision metal working machinery and equipment, height gauges, sine plates, etc. Assist in try-out of all tools, making sure it produces acceptable parts.
• Must understand how to utilize CAD/CAM, wire EDM, CNC lathe, and other machines to reduce cost.
• Must have knowledge of how to quote or assist in quoting tooling cost.
• Maintains equipment and work area in a clean and orderly manner.
• Perform all other duties as assigned

• Strong commitment to ensuring a safe working environment.
• Wear appropriate P.P.
  
  E. in manufacturing areas.
• Follow all safety policies.

• Participate in function and maintenance of quality management relating to job.
• Ensure quality in your process.
• Initiate action to prevent defect and recommend solutions.
• Verify solutions.
• Ensure quality is maintained until solution is verified

Now that you’ve had a chance to learn more about us, what are you waiting for! Apply today and allow us the opportunity to learn more about you and the value…