Tool & Die Technician

• Adhere to all safety procedures when handling, installing, transporting, and maintaining heavy dies and tooling.
• Properly use required personal protective equipment, lifting devices, and lockout/tagout procedures.
• Comply with company policies, OSHA requirements, and applicable industry standards.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work area through effective housekeeping and hazard-prevention practices.
• Promptly communicate unsafe conditions, damaged equipment, or potential hazards to the appropriate supervisor.
• Perform preventive maintenance on tooling, including cleaning, polishing, sharpening, and adjustments to maximize performance and extend service life.
• Disassemble, repair, refurbish, and reassemble worn or damaged tools and dies using appropriate hand tools, including scrapers, wire brushes, brass bars, mallets, and Allen wrenches.
• Reassemble dies by replacing bolts, stoning plates, and verifying proper fit, alignment, and function.
• Operate specialized equipment, including polishing tools, ultrasonic cleaning tanks, and extrude hone machines, to achieve required surface and performance standards.
• Troubleshoot tooling concerns and work with the tooling team to restore functionality to damaged or underperforming dies.
• Provide training and guidance to operators regarding the proper care, handling, and storage of extrusion dies.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by supervisor or management.

Shift
- Mon-Fri 7am-3pm

Pay- $23-25/hr

• Adhere to all safety procedures when handling, installing, transporting, and maintaining heavy dies and tooling.
• Properly use required personal protective equipment, lifting devices, and lockout/tagout procedures.
• Comply with company policies, OSHA requirements, and applicable industry standards.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work area through effective housekeeping and hazard-prevention practices.
• Promptly communicate unsafe conditions, damaged equipment, or potential hazards to the appropriate supervisor.

• Perform preventive maintenance on tooling, including cleaning, polishing, sharpening, and adjustments to maximize performance and extend service life.
• Disassemble, repair, refurbish, and reassemble worn or damaged tools and dies using appropriate hand tools, including scrapers, wire brushes, brass bars, mallets, and Allen wrenches.
• Reassemble dies by replacing bolts, stoning plates, and verifying proper fit, alignment, and function.
• Operate specialized equipment, including polishing tools, ultrasonic cleaning tanks, and extrude hone machines, to achieve required surface and performance standards.
• Troubleshoot tooling concerns and work with the tooling team to restore functionality to damaged or underperforming dies.
• Provide training and guidance to operators regarding the proper care, handling, and storage of extrusion dies.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by supervisor or management.

• Maintain accurate records of tooling inventory, condition assessments, preventive maintenance, repairs, and maintenance history.
• Monitor tool usage and condition to proactively identify repair, refurbishment, or replacement needs.
• Clean, visually inspect, and log incoming tooling from the production floor into the preventive maintenance system.
• Document best practices and recommend improvements to tooling maintenance, storage, inspection, and repair processes.
• Ensure tooling documentation is complete, current, and readily available to appropriate departments.

• Inspect and measure extrusion dies for wear, accuracy, alignment, and surface condition using precision instruments, including micrometers, gauges, and coordinate measuring machine equipment.
• Verify that tooling consistently produces extruded products within required tolerances and quality specifications.
• Partner with Quality Control and Production to analyze tooling-related performance and identify improvement opportunities.
• Identify conditions that may affect product quality, die performance, or production efficiency and communicate findings to the appropriate personnel.
• Confirm repaired or refurbished tooling meets established fit, function, surface, and performance requirements before returning it to service.

• Support continuous improvement initiatives involving tooling reliability, preventive maintenance, repair quality, and service life.
• Collaborate with Production, Quality Control, and the tooling team to investigate recurring…