Tool & Die Repair 3rd Shift

Flex--n--gate; Battle Creek (MI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Flex-N-Gate LLC. is seeking skilled tooling personnel in Battle Creek, MI to troubleshoot and repair single hit, transfer and progressive dies. The role involves reading blueprints, modifying dies, and ensuring parts meet specs through measurement and testing.

You will collaborate with apprentices and maintain production boards while upholding safety and quality standards in a hands-on manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Requires High School diploma or equivalent.
• Progressive and line dies experience.
• Journeyman Card preferred.
• Must supply tools usual to the trade.
• Ability to pass pre-employment screening including background check, drug screen and physical.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, maintain and repair single hit, transfer and progressive dies.
• Works from blueprints and sketches to create or modify tools, dies, jigs and molds.
• Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators.
• Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications, making adjustments as necessary.
• Keep production boards and assignment boards up to date.
• Work directly with apprentices to ensure they are meeting requirements.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Tools of the trade

Job description

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, maintain and repair single hit, transfer and progressive dies


• Works from blueprints and sketches to create or modify tools, dies, jigs and molds


• Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators


• Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications, making adjustments as necessary


• Keep production boards and assignment boards up to date


• work directly with apprentices to ensure they are meeting requirements

Qualifications

• Requires High School diploma or equivalent


• Previous experience with progressive and line dies


• Prefer candidate with a Journeyman Card


• Must supply tools usual to the trade


• Ability to pass pre-employment screening including background check, drug screen and physical