Tool Maker

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.