Job Description
Title: Tool and Die Technician
Reports to : Plant Manager
Job Purpose : Responsible for repair and maintenance of all dies, punches, tool steel, and fixtures. Also, responsible for coil-fed die change setups and changeovers.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities :
- Determine the extent and method of repair to dies by means of careful inspection and accurate measurement.
- Perform repair operations to dies, punches, tool steel, and fixtures
- Set up and operate standard milling machine, lathe, drill press, grinder and other machine tools as directed under general supervision
- Set up, change, and change over metal stamping dies per production schedule
- Set up specific part programs and parameters for metal stamping presses, feed lines, and dies using the company’s standard practices and procedures
- Perform quality checks according to the company’s procedures to verify die set up prior to production run
- Troubleshoot issues and identify the cause of errors, problems, and defects
- Make and maintain shims for blank and form dies
- Initiate maintenance work orders and log labor details according to the company’s recording process
- Perform general housekeeping duties and daily, weekly, and monthly 5S duties
- Maintain die racks and mounting plates in organized manner
- Operate material handling equipment including forklifts, pallet jacks, overhead crane, etc to move dies and equipment as needed
- Perform other duties as required or assigned by supervisor.
- Follow all OSHA and internal safety standards.