Tool & Die Maintenance Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Perform maintenance and repairs of progressive dies. Tool & Die Technicians will maintain, rework, and fabricate dies and tools for production requirements, as well as perform changeovers.

Fine blanking. 40T - 60T presses.

Non-union plant.

24 person department.

Hours - 2nd shift : 2 : 30 PM - 11 PM; 3rd shift : 10 : 30 PM - 7 AM

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Maintain existing dies and perform changeovers.
• Ability to fabricate dies and tools and rework the same die for production requirements.
• Interact between tool room, production, engineering, quality, and other departments.
• Participates in Pre-Planning and design of new tooling, tool refurbishment, end of life tooling and capacity tooling as required.
• Participate in tooling design and print review meetings and project overview meetings.
• Planning and layout work according to models, blueprints, drawings or other written or oral specifications.
• Understand the working properties of common methods and alloys.
• Select appropriate materials, tools, and process required to complete a task.
• Use of various tool and die maker tools and precision measuring instruments while working to very close tolerances.
• Able to evaluate and repair dies to bring parts into specifications and troubleshoot problem dies.
• Work closely with production personnel, EDM, machine set-up operators, ensuring dies and tooling are performing to desired specifications.
• Documentation of all information and procedures that have been established in reference to individual tools (i.e., logbooks) and update drawings.
• Set-up and service of all tool room and other related equipment.
• Ensure work area is clean and well maintained.
• Actively participate in area 5S and other department team Continuous Improvement initiatives.

EXPERIENCE / SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS :

fast-paced manufacturing environment.