Assembly Tool and Die Maker

Role Summary

Provides tooling support to the maintenance department. Able to work at various locations within and outside the plant. Can operate a variety of tools and machines within the Assembly department.

The Assembly Toolmaker is responsible to ensure that the Customer, People, and Investor goals are balanced and met.

Key Responsibilities

• Services, maintains, and tests new or changed dies.
• Able to operate a variety of machine tools (i.e. TIG/MIG/Stick Welders, lathes, milling machines, drill press, etc.)
• Verify conformance of machines or repaired dies to specifications by checking dimensions, clearances, and alignments.
• Troubleshoot for problems during production.
• Able to set up appropriate tools in the department.
• Always follow safe work practices and company work procedures.
• Assure work performed complies with QS9000 standards.
• Maintain tooling Quality STD’s and Preventative/ Predictive Maintenance program to ensure compliance with QS9000 Requirements.
• Able to work overtime as required.
• Perform other duties as required.

Key Requirements

• Communicate with all members of our organization and our customers.
• Read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
• Write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customer, and the general public.
• Receive and pass down information written and verbal.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Knowledge/Education Requirements

• Associates Degree or equivalent from two years college or technical school or 5 years related experience or training or equivalent combination of education and experience. Completion of a 4-year Tool & Die apprenticeship program.
• Tool and Die Maker with related experience/familiar with assembly tooling work.
• Good hand dexterity, mechanical skills, mathematical skills and organizational skills.
• Must have a minimum of 7-years experience with assembly tooling with minimum 5 years of specializing with new assembly tool construction and robot tooling.
• Clinch tool experience is a preferred.
• Metrology experience is required including ability to set-up tooling.