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Anlin Windows & Doors | A MITER Brand
📍 Clovis, CA

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 6:00 AM - 2:30 PM (Overtime as needed)
Pay Range: $35 - $50 per hour (DOE)

Anlin Windows & Doors, a MITER Brand, is seeking an experienced CNC Tool Maker to join our highend, advanced CNC tooling shop in Clovis, CA. This is not a traditional production machinist role-it is a seniorlevel toolmaker position supporting a precision tooling operation in a fastpaced manufacturing environment.

Reporting to the Tooling Engineering Supervisor, this role shares responsibility for the creation, programming, machining, construction, and implementation of complex tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, and special equipment used throughout our manufacturing operation. You will also play a critical role in tooling quality, changeovers, repairs, and preventative maintenance, ensuring safe, efficient, and reliable production.

This position requires a highlevel understanding of CNC machining and tooling concepts, practices, and procedures, along with the ability to work effectively in a multitasked, resultsdriven environment.

• Highend CNC tooling shop - not a production machine environment
• Modern, automated CNC equipment featuring multiaxis machining, advanced grinding, and integrated heattreat processes
• Build and deploy complex tooling assemblies, some with 50+ precisionfit components
• Ultratight tolerance work (.0002") requiring expert skill and attention to detail
• Work with a wide variety of materials; metallurgy experience is a strong plus
• Small, highly skilled tooling team with opportunity to mentor and influence others
• Longterm stability and growth as part of MITER Brands

• Support the design, review, and improvement of tooling concepts in partnership with engineering
• Program, set up, and operate advanced CNC machine tools, including:
  • 3D, 4thaxis, and 5thaxis CNC milling
  • Dualspindle CNC lathes
  • Surface grinding and OD grinding
• Manufacture, assemble, test, and implement precision tooling, dies, jigs, fixtures, and special equipment
• Perform manual grinding and finishing when required
• Apply heattreating knowledge to achieve tooling performance and durability requirements
• Maintain tight tolerances up to .0002" using precision measuring instruments
• Perform quality repairs, tooling changeovers, and preventative maintenance across manufacturing tooling
• Ensure tooling operates safely, efficiently, and consistently throughout the facility
• Maintain documentation including tooling records, drawings, PM logs, and maintenance history
• Troubleshoot tooling and process issues using sound technical judgment and costeffective solutions
• Operate effectively in a fastpaced, highly multitasked environment with a targetoriented approach

• Advanced CNC machining background with demonstrated toolmaking experience or trajectory
• Strong CAM experience required; CAD experience preferred
  • SolidWorks, Fusion 360, MasterCAM, AutoCAD, or similar
• Thorough understanding of:
  • Tool and fixture design
  • Cutter selection and machining strategy
  • Heat treatment processes
  • Precision assemblies and tolerance stackups
• Background in toolmaking, mold making, or aerospace machining strongly preferred
• Seniorlevel capability typically gained through 4+ years of advanced CNC or toolmaking experience
• Associate of Science in Machine Tool Technology or completion of a certified Machinist / Tool & Die apprenticeship preferred

• Strong problemsolving and decisionmaking skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities
• Highly organized with the ability to plan, execute, and complete complex work
• Effective in fastpaced, multipriority environments
• Driven, targetoriented, and resultsfocused
• Ability and willingness to mentor teammates and contribute to team development

• Highend CNC and manufacturing environment with cement flooring and designated safety walkways
• Frequent standing and walking
• Occasional climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and confinedspace access
• Regular overhead and horizontal reaching
• Frequent fine motor use for machining, inspection, and CAD/CAM work
• Occasional lifting of heavy tooling, fixtures, and components in excess of 50 lbs