Description

The Diez Group is a Ford tier 1 status metal part supplier, warehousing & logistics center serving the automotive industry for over 45 years. The Diez Group is a Hispanic & woman owned minority organization and an equal opportunity employer. We are a widely recognized, award winning supplier that believes in on time delivery of high quality products at a competitive price to its customers. To learn more about us or to see a full list of our current job openings at each of our plant locations, visit our website at thediezgroup.com

Summary/Objective
As the Tool & Die Technician, you are responsible for providing support to Maintenance Manager, as well as, Tool & Die team ensuring that all tasks are performed in a safe and efficient manner. 

Essential Functions

• Comprehend all related work instructions, equipment manuals and SOP manuals in order to perform required maintenance and service.
• Ability to be flexible with work schedule to meet the needs of the department, ensuring communication to management and team members is delivered in a timely manner.
• Keep a clean, organized and safe work space and report any unsafe working conditions, faulty operations or defective material to the Maintenance Manager.
• Follow the escalation process for downtime and quality issues, and take action to correct any maintenance issues as they are identified. 
• Participate in employee relations procedures as directed by your manager.
• Maintain effective working relationships with team members through open communication, visibility, and involvement to promote a positive working environment that maximizes employee engagement.
• Exercise effective decision making with respect to the cost of repairs.

Requirements

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and basic knowledge of arithmetic
• Work from Complicated blue prints, work orders, sketches or instructions.
• Disassemble, clean and reassemble dies, Molds, jigs, fixtures, etc.
• Disassemble trouble shoot Die & Mold quality issues,
• Ability to make complicated details and fixture from examples.
• Ability to make judgmental calls on complicated tool repairs.
• Follow all safety rules and keep work area in a clean and orderly condition.
• Understand geometric dimensioning and tolerancing of component and frame assembly drawings.
• Understand all tooling stage operations so that quality concerns can be addressed and corrected.
• Make tooling repairs due to bad hits, double hits, bad set-ups, etc.
• Be able to change over tooling to produce different parts and to spot tools for proper metal fits.
• Understand all tooling component functions so that the highest possible run time and quality can be maintained.
• Maintain preventative maintenance schedules and spare parts inventory for tooling to reduce down time.
• Performs related duties as assigned.
• Self-motivated, self-directed and have the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Capable of handling multiple activities at the same time.
• Provide leadership skills such as decision-making, motivation, and problem-solving.
• Ability to work as part of a team and collaborate effectively.
• Ability to repeatedly lift heavy objects, walk and stand for long periods of time and perform strenuous physical labor under adverse field conditions.
• Flexible with working overtime as needed.
• Adhere to all company policies, including attendance.
• Able to work overtime, including weekend shifts, as needed.