Tool Maker- 1st or 3rd Shift

Position Overview:

This Tool Maker is responsible and accountable for ensuring dies and related equipment are manufactured and maintained to perform to company standards.

Position Responsibilities & Essential Functions:

Ensure tool room is maintained in a safe, clean, and orderly manner on a daily basis. Ensure all tool room users follow safety rules and regulations Ensure parts are maintained to the highest quality standards possible on a daily basis or as needed. Sharpen dull dies, punches and die sections Repair damaged dies, springs, and punches Perform preventive maintenance on all dies Establish and maintain a preventive maintenance program Design and build gauges to check the accuracy of parts Perform in-press troubleshooting Perform die set-up procedures Resolve die performance issues Perform correct die changeovers Establish and maintain a quick die changeover program Perform part inspection Manufacture new dies to meet production demand for existing and new products, to the highest quality. Modify existing dies Resolve die safety & performance issues Support research and development efforts to design and manufacture new products. Manufacture prototype parts from engineering prints & improve prototype parts Ensure the tool room operates efficiently and productively at all times. Maintain shop equipment Maintain daily records of work performed Conduct and report inventory of die supplies, punches, and springs Support the Maintenance Department & help the maintenance department on special projects. Perform preventive maintenance on all press room equipment.

Education, Knowledge, Skills, and Expertise:

Ten years of manufacturing experience as a tool and die maker using precision machinery, tools, and equipment. Computer experience.

Working Conditions & Physical Demands:

This position will be in a manufacturing environment. Must be available to work any shift, weekends, and/or overtime as required Be able to lift 50 pounds consistently. Constant standing, use of hands and fingers, and eye-hand coordination. Frequent walking, talking, hearing, and occasional sitting, turning, twisting, bending at waist, and reaching with hands and arms. Must be able to frequently lift and carry up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and carry up to 50 pounds. Good distance, color, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to see colors and adjust focus are required.