Position Summary
Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Plans, constructs, alters and repairs a wide variety of tools, jigs, dies, fixtures and gauges to very close tolerances.
• Performs development work, difficult tool room operations, skilled fittings, timing and adjusting.
• Plans construction procedures and methods and selects materials.
• Makes allowances for shrinkage during heat-treating of tools and metal flow in dies.
• Makes tool tryouts.
• Follows all departmental procedures to ensure quality requirements are met.
• May be required to work overtime as business conditions dictate.
• Diagnoses and corrects trouble in complicated dies and tools.
• Performs other duties as required.

Requirements
Qualification Requirements
Education and/or Experience
Two plus years of tool die experience and/or training: or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Language Skills
Ability to read and interpret documents such as engineering drawings and schematics, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to correctly perform basic shop math, simple trigonometry and Statistical Process Control calculations.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, or crouch, and talk and hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.