Maintenance Toolmaker

Job Responsibilities

• Support the production operation by providing immediate response to all breakdowns to minimize equipment downtime and follow all escalation processes as defined.
• Troubleshoot and perform all required tool and die and mechanical maintenance on automated equipment.
• Make repairs to pneumatic and hydraulic system as necessary in order to return production equipment to service

• Ability to remove and setup dies in production equipment in order to perform necessary maintenance and PM activities

• Ability to perform production tasks as necessary or required by the situation.

• Insure machine availability goals are met by participating in and organizing Root Cause Analysis activities to improve equipment up-time.

• Experience in basic welding and the ability to perform repairs requiring welding to return production equipment to service

• Understand Predictive Maintenance technologies in order to understand when they apply to problems and participate in utilizing them as deemed necessary

• Assist in training employees in production roles to perform simple maintenance tasks as associated with TPM.

• Wears communication device as deemed necessary

• Wears all required PPE for the task being performed

• Actively participate in any Skills Training Program required

• Lockout equipment to be maintained and follow all safety practices and procedures.

• Perform routine Preventive Maintenance (PM) activities.

• Utilize the CMMS to record and track work activities including time keeping, historical equipment repairs and work order/PM closures

• Operates necessary material handling equipment to transport supplies to job and to make installations and repairs.

• Performs routine and customary material handling and housekeeping associated with the job. 

• Instructs helper or apprentice and acts as leader on jobs as required.

• Must be able to work eight hours or more and work mandated overtime as required under the guidelines of the current Labor Agreement.

Education Specifications

• Journeyperson Card (related to the job opening) and/or seven years of applicable experience as a qualified Tool and Die Maker person, or machine tool builder in troubleshooting, machine repair, tool making, machine building, hydraulics, pneumatics, and mechanical systems.

• High school diploma or GED required

• Have a basic understanding of CNC control.

• Demonstrated ability to read and utilize prints of machine assembly, layouts, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.

• Experience in performing basic machine/fixture alignment using precision instruments in either metric or English measurement systems.

• Have a good understanding of tool room equipment, operations associated with drilling, milling, surface grinding, and lathe operations.

• Experience in maintaining mechanical dies, both deep draw and progressive; presses, and basic welding.

• Makes minor alteration to existing tools, dies, jigs, fixtures and gages to prepare them for other uses.

• Must have a basic understanding of PC’s and basic PC skills

• Must have good verbal communication skills.