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Cold Header M-F 2nd shift 3pm-11pm $39.22/hr

Stanley Black & Decker
Chesterfield, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 28 Oct 2025
💰 $78,440/yr

About the role

Cold Header – 2nd shift
Starting pay $39.22/hr
Hiring Immediately  

Make Your Mark. Shape Your Future.

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of 54,000+ professionals in 60 countries who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, STANLEY, BLACK+DECKER, IRWIN, LENOX and more.

What You’ll Do
As a operator, you’ll be part of our team located in Chesterfield, MI. You’ll get to:  

  • Installs, thread rolling tooling and cold heading tooling in various machines to blueprint specifications and set-up charts.
  • Sets up, installs, and calibrates various support equipment.
  • Computes feed length, progression, and establishes process parameters and sets monitoring equipment to ensure processing parameters are maintained to produce quality parts.
  • Reads measuring equipment such as shadowgraph, micrometers, calipers, thread roll graphs, and related equipment, and documents on appropriate paperwork.
  • Performs minor tool modifications to include sharpening and adjustments to maintain integrity of parts.
  • Starts machine and observes operation, periodically gauging and checking parts for conformance to specifications.
  • Adjusts settings of dies or controls, as required, to obtain product meeting specifications and quality standards.
  • Ability to read dispatch list/schedule and plan/execute Formax set-ups.
  • Pulls and resets tooling as required.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Who You Are
You always strive to do a good job…but wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? You care about quality – at every level. You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. In fact, you embrace it. You also have: 

  • Previous cold heading experience
  • High school diploma or equivalent work experience.
  • Ability to read and write to follow quality and related instructions.  Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic or schedule form.
  • Obtain a Hilo license within the probationary period.

What You’ll Receive
You’ll receive a competitive wage and a great benefits plan:

  • Medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off and tuition reimbursement.
  • Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.
     

All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

    We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

    Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

    Who We Are 

    We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company. 

    Benefits & Perks

    You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

    What You’ll Also Get

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