Tool and Die Maker **John Deere** 1 Positions ID: 60426 Posted On 01/22/2025 **Job Overview** As a **Tool & Die Maker** with John Deere in Dubuque, IA, you will: Plan, lay out, and construct a variety of intricate, highly specialized tools, fixtures, jigs, dies, and gauges requiring high quality workmanship, holding extremely close tolerances. Work will be performed in a production environment focused on safety, quality, and teamwork. Job details are dependent on duties assigned but in general consist of the following: + Support preventative and predictive maintenance programs to maximize equipment uptime. + Work from tool and product design prints, sketches, or verbal instructions and plan proper sequence of operation to carry job to completion. + Perform lay out work which requires use of advanced mathematical procedures. + Make own setups and devise special attachments for performance of job. + Check and adjust inspection equipment using master gauge blocks. + Repair tools, fixtures, jigs, dies, or gauges. + Use standard toolmaker’s tools, precision measuring instruments, gauge blocks, calipers, protractors, indicators, micrometers, and other various hand and power tools. + Assist and support other team members and work with minimal supervision. + Clean work area and perform other miscellaneous duties inherent to the job. + Work shifts (choice of shift based on seniority). Primary Contact 1647617287126 Erin Timmerman Workforce Planner, 457 563-589-6187 Phone Phone Phone Fax TimmermanErinL@johndeere.com Email False False False **Job Details** Categories Skilled Labor Trades Location Dubuque, IA Shift First Shift Second Shift Third Shift Job Type Employee Full/Part Full Time Pay/Salary $36.485 Benefits Health Insurance Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Life Insurance Retirement Plan Paid Vacation Paid Sick Leave Paid Holidays Tuition Reimbursement **Qualifications** Experience 5-10 Years Company ID 732 Job REQ # \# Positions 1 Start Date 20250122 End Date 20250228 Featured Job TH Ad 0 TH Comments **Similar Jobs** Information Systems and Technology Manager (Manufa Sedona Staffing Services Maintenance Technician - CNC and Electrical Sedona Staffing Services Sales and Estimator - Manufacturing Sedona Staffing Services Sales and Estimating Premier Tooling & Manufacturing, LLC Journeyman Tool & Die Maker Premier Tooling & Manufacturing, LLC **Share this Job** John Deere **About the Company** The John Deere Dubuque Works is one of the key facilities in Deere & Company's Construction and Forestry (C&F) Division. The Dubuque Works manufactures backhoe loaders, crawler dozers, and skid steer loaders for the construction industry and knuckleboom loaders and tracked feller bunchers for the forestry industry. The Dubuque Works also serves as the Center of Excellence for the C&F Division in the areas of Product Engineering, Product Verification and Validation, Supply Management, and Product Support which includes the Dealer Technical Assistance Center. From a manufacturing perspective, the core competencies of the factory include plate and sheet cutting, machining, welding, paint, and assembly. The John Deere Dubuque Works is one of the most innovative and productive facilities of its kind. From an Engineering perspective, techniques such as virtual reality and rapid concepting are used to assist in the design process. Our manufacturing facilities use state of the art techniques and equipment to produce products including CNC machining centers and a Manufacturing Execution System (MES). We are proud of how fast we can get new technology into the hands of our customers, and of the quality we can attain through a very structured and effective Product Development Process. Our Product Support teams use the latest techniques and satellite communication systems to keep the machines we make on the job, day­in and day­out. Additionally, outside of the factory our products are supported by an efficient parts delivery system, and a network of John Deere dealers and company field representatives, strategically located throughout the world to support the products we produce We are dedicated to keeping our customers ahead of their competitors by supplying the most efficient, dependable machines possible. Through teamwork, a commitment to continuous improvement, and a major investment in aggressive, ongoing research, the Dubuque Works has helped John Deere become a leader in the Construction and Forestry equipment industry. For more information on Deere & Company go to internet site www.deere.com