Tooling Technician Levels II; Intermediate), and III; Advanced​/Tool Maker

Company Overview:

We are a leading metal manufacturing company committed to innovation, quality, and customer satisfaction. Join our dynamic team and contribute to our mission of delivering top-notch metal products to our customers

Support production by maintaining dies, machining parts, performing day-to-day operations in the tool room. Perform required Production machining and drilling operations as directed by supervisor.

Works with Die maintenance/repair and production teams to follow company designated processes to perform upkeep and maintenance in an exemplary manner according to company standards.

Our tier program is designed to support employee development, recognize skill progression, and ensure consistency in performance expectations. Each tier reflects a combination of experience, training, job knowledge, and overall contribution to the team.

Pay Range:

• Tier I: $18.00 - $21.63
• Tier II: $22.00-$25.24
• Tier III: $25.50 - $38.00

To successfully advance within this tier, employees should demonstrate the following skills and competencies, either independently or with guidance as noted:

• Assist tool room techs in keeping a clean and safe work area.
• Clean and help in organizing the tool room by sweeping floors daily, maintaining all equipment by checking oil levels of all equipment.
• Effectively communicate with coworkers and management personnel to enhance teamwork.
• Follow directions of the tool room supervisor and all maintenance techs to operate all equipment in a safe manner.
• Identify potential safety issues and take appropriate action.
• Maintain proper inventory of all die components, spare parts, and changeover parts. Ensure all are properly labeled and stored.
• Operate a variety of machines including drill presses, mills, grinders, lathes, saws, and all tool room equipment to maintain upkeep of all new and existing tooling to company standards.
• Follow instructions to perform tasks needed to repair the dies. Sharpen and shim prep backup blocks, clean and examine all tools for wear, cracks, and tool life per company standards.
• Requires direction, responds to, and seeks direction whenever needed to gain knowledge and skill.

• Properly tag all tools and bring to the tooling supervisor's attention any preventive maintenance to be performed on tooling.
• Effectively use lockout/tag out, safety blocks, and interlock procedures.
• Identify potential safety issues and take appropriate action.
• Effectively communicate with coworkers and management personnel to enhance teamwork.

• Have served in high school vocational training for machining or welding, has undergone some level of formal apprenticeship or has a machining background.
• Physical dexterity; figure aptitude; ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
• Work well as a team member.
• Qualified candidates have previous experience making, repairing, and troubleshooting dies, and proven ability to work with progressive or transfer dies for advancement within the tier.

To advance to Tier II, employees must demonstrate full independence in all Tier I competencies and begin to take on more technical responsibilities. The following skills are required for Tier II:

• Apply continuous improvement concepts to improve tooling such as remarking worn-out components, simplifying the dies, and ensuring backup tooling is made for large run quantities.
• Basic and gaining knowledge of all transfer dies, compound and progressive dies.
• Basic knowledge and gaining ability to weld tool steel die blocks and punches.
• Basic knowledge and gaining understanding of all turret tooling.
• Desire to mentor and lead other repair/maintenance techs. Guiding and giving instructions to Tech I’s.
• Effectively communicate with coworkers and management personnel to enhance teamwork.
• Identify potential safety issues and take appropriate action.
• Install sensors/die protection.
• Maintain proper inventory of all die components, ensure spare parts and changeover parts are properly labeled and stored.
• Properly tag all tools and bring to the tooling supervisor's attention any preventive maintenance to be performed on tooling.
• Properly use lockout/tag out, safety blocks, and interlock procedures.
• Requires minimal direction, often directs others within the function.
• Troubleshoot die, feed, sensor, and any other related problems in the press during production.

• Alter the proper components to ensure proper die operation to produce optimal parts.
• Ability to produce welding fixtures, jigs, and replacement of worn and damaged tooling.
• Knowledge of all transfer dies, compound and progressive dies.
• Operate a variety of machines including drill presses, mills, grinders, lathes, saws, and all tool room equipment to…