Die Tooling & Caustic Technician

Tri-City-Extrusion-Inc; Cedar Valley (TN); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Tri-City-Extrusion-Inc is seeking a Die Chaser/ Die Caustic to ensure presses receive the correct tooling and die assemblies in a timely and safe manner. You will inspect, transport, and organize tooling across the shop floor, coordinating with press foremen to ensure samples and dies are ready for production.

Responsibilities include logging tooling locations in EPICS, operating caustic equipment and sandblasters, and processing dies through cleaning and refurbishment.

Qualifications

• Less than high school education; or up to one month related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions.
• Accurately read a tape measure and other measuring equipment.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Pre shift inspections of mobile equipment, cranes, electric pallet jacks and tooling.
• Communicate with press foreman about any issues or needs and verify that samples exist for dies ran
• Checking the order status of tooling and samples before pick up
• Check orders to determine what is needed at the press.
• Transport tooling to designated location in plant, presses or return tooling to die shop to be refurbished
• Log into EPICS to look up location of tooling that is needed at each press
• Proficient operation of caustic system, sandblaster and other shop equipment
• After extrusion, disassemble tool stack, moving tooling to storage area, and dies to caustic area
• Process dies and tools through the caustic and cleaning areas, determining dies which require repair, polished or just storage
• Inspect incoming dies for compliance to design tolerances and Company requirements
• Follow all job-related work instructions

Job description

Tri-City-Extrusion-Inc is seeking a Die Chaser/ Die Caustic to ensure presses receive the correct tooling and die assemblies in a timely and safe manner. You will inspect, transport, and organize tooling across the shop floor, coordinating with press foremen to ensure samples and dies are ready for production.

Responsibilities include logging tooling locations in EPICS, operating caustic equipment and sandblasters, and processing dies through cleaning and refurbishment.