Tool & Die Repair / Maker

Tool & Die Repair is responsible for the daily maintenance, upkeep, and repair of all dies on the plant floor. He/She is expected to maintain and care for the dies so that they are always in proper working condition.

Responsibilites:

• Responsible for the repair, cleaning, and troubleshooting of dies
• Work with the production department with all tooling issues
• Study blueprints, sketches, models, or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies
• Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators
• Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes
• File, grind, shim, and adjust different parts to properly fit them together
• Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications; make adjustments as necessary
• Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects
• Smooth and polish flat and contoured surfaces of parts or tools, using scrapers, abrasive stones, files, emery cloths, or power grinders
• Initiate and conduct preventative maintenance on all dies
• Report unsafe conditions. Wear required PPE
• Must follow all safety rules and policies as set forth by OSHA guidelines
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Experience:

• Certification, journeyman card, apprenticeship completion, or minimum 3- 4 years relevant work experience, or equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience
• Able to use hand tools, gauges, dials and/or other indicators to make sure machines are working properly
• Experience with mills, lathes, die grinder, surface grinder, and other tool and die equipment is preferred
• Familiar with tool hardening and annealing, automated tooling, and repairing hardened steel dies is preferred
• Experience with tool and stone polishing for smooth surface and high tonnage press operation
• Mig and tig welding experience is preferred