What are the responsibilities and job description for the Tool & Die Technician position at Metalsa Career Site?
About Metalsa: We are a global company with 70 years of experience in the automotive industry; we manufacture safe and sustainable products for people around the world. We are working for a better future where we enrich communities every day by being committed to people, innovation, and our planet. If you have what it takes to accelerate Metalsa’s vision of future mobility, we want you to join the team! For more information, visit metalsa.com.
Metalsa’s Mission: To move the world more efficiently while protecting the environment and ensuring long-term economic and social value generation for our stakeholders.
Metalsa’s Vision: To become a leading mobility manufacturer of chassis and electrified solutions for the automotive, trucking, and off-highway industries.
What Does a Day in the life look like?
- Repair, maintain, develop, and build stamping dies
- Apply GD&T to component and frame assembly drawings
- Understand all tooling stage operations to identify and correct quality concerns
- Implement engineering and customer changes
- Perform tooling repairs due to bad hits, double hits, and setup issues
- Execute tooling changeovers to support different part production
- Spot tools to ensure proper metal fit
- Use circle grid analysis to reduce material stretch and eliminate breakage
- Maintain tooling nitrogen systems
- Manage preventive maintenance schedules and spare parts inventory to reduce downtime
- Identify tool steels and perform heat treatment when required
- Maintain and troubleshoot die transfer systems
- Support blank feeders, unloaders, and power feeds
- Understand hydraulic and pneumatic systems for locating and clamping
- Safely operate powered tools, hand tools, forklifts, cranes, and moving equipment
What You Will Bring (Academic & Experience Requirements)
- High School Diploma or GED
- Candidates must complete onsite technical assessments in Trigonometry, Blueprint Reading, and Machine/Tool Equipment during the interview process, achieving a minimum score of 75%
- Minimum of 3- 5 years of journeyman machinist / Tool & Die experience
- Strong understanding of die stamping processes
- Knowledge of welding tool steels for repair (preferred)
- Proficient computer skills (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Lockout / Tagout training
Compensation & Shift Details
- Hourly Rate: $40.18/hour with Shift Differential for 2nd & 3rd shift
- Relocation Bonus: Provided for candidates living 50 miles from Hopkinsville, KY
- Shifts Hiring: 2nd (2pm to 10pm) & 3rd (10pm to 6am)
What is in it for YOU?
As part of the Metalsa team, you will benefit from great compensation and benefits package!!
- Vacation, Personal Time, and Paid Holidays
- Medical, dental, vision, prescription insurance
- Paid Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Coverage
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
- 401(k) Company Matching
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
- Advancement Opportunities & Training Programs
SAFETY – Metalsa takes employee safety seriously. We foster an environment of safe practices, with robust policies, training, use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other workplace safety measures that have been put in place.
EEOC Statement: We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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