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Job Title: Apprentice CNC Toolmaker
Location: Menomonee Falls, WI (on-site)
Schedule: Full-time, 1st shift
Pay: $20/hour starting salary, with raises as you hit skill milestones
Experience: None required

About Pinewood Tool
Pinewood Tool is a precision toolroom with more than 50 years of history, now under young, eager and ambitious ownership building for the future. We make high-mix, low-volume custom parts and tooling for automotive, medical, aerospace and automation customers. Every part is a new puzzle, not a repeat of yesterday’s. We’re investing in modern machines, an AI-based ERP system and digital tools so our team has the best resources to do great work.

Our mission: to advance manufacturing by making exceptional precision components that others simply cannot.
Our values: Craftsmanship, Pursue Excellence, Own the Outcome, One Team, Earn Trust.

The Opportunity
Get paid to learn. Join our toolroom as a paid apprentice and learn precision machining hands-on from experienced toolmakers. You’ll start with the fundamentals and take on more responsibility as your skills grow, on a path to becoming a CNC Toolmaker.

What You’ll Do

  • Learn to set up and run CNC mills, lathes and grinders alongside a mentor
  • Read blueprints and apply GD&T
  • Learn Mastercam programming and programming at the machine control
  • Machine small-run parts and tooling to tight tolerances
  • Perform in-process inspection on your own work
  • Take ownership of the parts you complete, and grow from running parts to owning a job
Who You Are

  • Currently enrolled in technical college, or recently graduated (machine tool, CNC or manufacturing programs preferred)
  • No prior experience required
  • Detail-oriented, dependable and team-minded
  • Curious, eager to learn and proud of quality work
  • Likes to build, fix or figure things out
  • Comfortable working on-site, first shift
What We Offer

  • $20/hour starting salary, with raises as you hit skill milestones
  • Paid, hands-on training with an experienced mentor
  • Clear path from apprentice to CNC Toolmaker
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Performance-based bonus
  • Free food and snacks, company social events
How to Apply
Apply online at pinewood-tool.careerplug.com/jobs. Questions or want a shop tour? Contact Benjamin Edner at 262-252-3293 or office@pinewoodtool.com.

Pinewood Tool Corporation · N58 W14730 Shawn Circle, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 · Equal opportunity employer

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