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Tool & Die Maker / Tool & Die Apprentice (Automotive Stamping)

Vaughan / Concord, ON

Full-Time, Permanent

Pay Rate: Experienced / Licensed Tool & Die Makers: $40.00 – $42.00 / hour

Plus Afternoon Shift Premium

Shift Options: Straight Days (7:00 AM – 3:00 PM) OR Straight Afternoons (3:00 PM – 11:00 PM) — 0% Rotation

Credentials: 430A License, Experienced Unlicensed Toolmakers, or Registered Apprentices actively pursuing their hours

Advantages
Consistent Schedule: Straight 8-hour shifts on Days or Afternoons with zero rotating schedules.

Apprentice Mentorship: Work alongside seasoned toolmakers and technical leaders to log certified apprenticeship hours on complex progressive tooling.

Competitive Earning: Top hourly rates reflecting your real floor capabilities, plus shift premiums and steady overtime.

Stable Tier-1/Tier-2 Supplier: Well-established automotive stamping manufacturer with dedicated toolroom facilities and steady OEM production programs.

Comprehensive Benefits: Full extended health, dental, vision, life insurance, and safety boot/equipment allowances post-probation.

Responsibilities

Die Maintenance & Sharpening: Disassemble, clean, inspect, sharpen, shim, and reassemble multi-station progressive dies, transfer dies, and stage tooling.

In-Press Troubleshooting: Assist with or lead rapid-response troubleshooting directly inside mechanical and hydraulic stamping presses (300T to 1,200+ Tons) to correct misfeeds, burrs, slivers, and die timing issues.

Conventional Toolroom Machining: Set up and operate manual lathes, vertical milling machines, surface grinders, and drill presses to modify or build replacement punches, pilots, inserts, and die sections.

Tool Steel Repair & Benchwork: Perform TIG welding on tool steel components and complete hand bench fitting, polishing, and component alignment to strict tolerances.

Drawing & Blueprint Reading: Read engineering detail drawings, CAD prints, and GD&T to verify tooling dimensions and inspect first-off stamped parts.

Qualifications
For Tool & Die Makers: 3+ to 5+ years of hands-on experience maintaining and repairing progressive/transfer dies in an automotive metal stamping environment (430A certification or equivalent experience).

For Tool & Die Apprentices: Active registration with Skilled Trades Ontario (2nd, 3rd, or 4th year) OR a graduate of a recognized Tool & Die / Mechanical Technician college program with hands-on toolroom machining experience.

Practical capability operating conventional toolroom machinery (surface grinders, vertical mills, manual lathes).

Exposure to or strong interest in high-tonnage mechanical/hydraulic stamping presses.

Positive, coachable attitude with clear communication skills and strong safety habits (LOTO, crane operation).

Summary
For a confidential consultation regarding this role, apply directly or contact:

Sarah Dinis Staffing Manager Skilled Trades & Industrial Management Randstad Canada

Email: View email address on randstad.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sarah-dinis

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to View email address on randstad.com to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.

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