Precision Mold Tooling Technician - 1st Shift

Metacycle; Prairie Grove (AR); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Metacycle in Prairie Grove, AR is seeking a full-time Maintenance Technician for 1st shift. You will perform preventative maintenance on mold tools, disassemble and reassemble tooling, and change inserts as needed. You will troubleshoot issues, measure components with calipers or gauges, and use a lathe or end-mill for repairs.

Ideal candidates have basic math skills, can follow quality standards, and work with hand and power tools to maintain and repair tooling with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• Must have hands-on experience with maintenance of mold tooling and fixtures.
• Ability to read basic measurements and perform simple calculations.
• Experience with disassembly/reassembly of tooling to repair or replace components.
• Familiarity with hand and power tools used in tooling maintenance.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision while meeting quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Complete preventative maintenance on all mold tools as needed
• Complete insert changes for all tools as needed
• Extract broken bolts, water lines, and broken ejector pins as needed
• Disassemble molds to remove parts and reassemble
• Assess repair issues and troubleshoot issues with flash and non-conformance
• Polish mirrored finished tools with diamond compound and stones as needed
• Troubleshoot heater manifolds and perform repairs as needed
• Cut and grind ejector pins on mini-grinders as needed
• Use measuring tools including calipers, tape measures, and gauges
• Properly use a JET end-mill and, as applicable, lathe

Skills

Preventative maintenance

Tooling assembly/disassembly

Measuring tools

Troubleshooting

Basic math

Quality standards adherence

Tools

Lathe

JET end-mill

Mini-grinders

Calipers

Job description

Metacycle in Prairie Grove, AR is seeking a full-time Maintenance Technician for 1st shift. You will perform preventative maintenance on mold tools, disassemble and reassemble tooling, and change inserts as needed. You will troubleshoot issues, measure components with calipers or gauges, and use a lathe or end-mill for repairs.

Ideal candidates have basic math skills, can follow quality standards, and work with hand and power tools to maintain and repair tooling with minimal supervision.