Position Summary

This position is responsible for the preventive maintenance, repair, and fabrication of tooling throughout the facility to support continuous production operations.

Essential Functions

• Strong professional communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Five or more years of experience fabricating precision tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, and machine components from raw material through final assembly and setup.

• Experience servicing and maintaining progressive, piercing, and forming dies using conventional machine tools such as surface grinders, lathes, mills, jig borers, saws, and hand tools.

• Ability to troubleshoot die performance in press operations and make adjustments to tooling and press settings (including stamps, cutting, and forming details) to produce parts to specification.

• Ability to verify, adjust, and document die timing, service activities, and modifications.

• Ability to perform layout work and create or interpret prints, sketches, models, and specifications to plan and execute proper fabrication sequences.

• Proficiency using precision measurement tools including gauge blocks, calipers, micrometers, dial indicators, and related inspection equipment to verify dimensions, alignment, and clearances.

• Working knowledge of material selection, grades, heat treatments, and surface coatings appropriate for specific applications.

• Demonstrated initiative and creativity, with the ability to deliver high-quality work under tight timelines and accommodate non-standard work hours when required.

• Ability to work collaboratively with salaried and hourly personnel as well as external contractors while maintaining strong working relationships.

Fit for Duty Requirements

• Ability to stand, sit, walk, reach, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, hear, and use hands for handling and manipulation throughout the workday.

• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds with coordination and manual dexterity.

• Vision requirements include close, distance, color, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

• Ability to work in confined or restricted spaces in, above, or beneath machines and equipment.

• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment including gloves, respiratory protection, aprons, safety glasses, and steel-toed footwear (provided).

• Ability to safely work with solvents, industrial chemicals, and lubricants used in tooling and die service.

General Responsibilities

• Utilize a work order and documentation system to log and track completed work.

• Conduct technical research and diagnostics to resolve tooling or process issues.

• Operate forklifts and material-handling equipment including cranes, hoists, and pallet jacks.

• Participate in ongoing technical training as required.

• Demonstrate accountability, task ownership, and adherence to company policies and safety procedures.