Tool & Die Repair Technician

Twin City Die Castings; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 34,440 - 41,328; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Ownership (ESOP)

401(k) Match

Paid Holidays and Vacations

Health Reimbursement Account (ICHRA)

Flexible Spending Accounts

Vision and Dental Insurance

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Job summary

Twin City Die Castings is seeking an experienced toolmaker to set up and operate standard tool room equipment such as lathes, milling machines and grinders to machine parts for die casting tools and equipment. You will repair dies, make modifications, and work from blueprints using precision measuring tools to ensure conformance to specifications.

Ideal candidates have 2-3 years in tooling and die repair, with education in tooling preferred.

Qualifications

• Education in tooling or tooling repair preferred.
• 2-3 years experience in tooling and die repair preferred.

Responsibilities

• Study blueprints, sketches, models, or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies.
• Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments.
• Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies based on specifications.
• Set up and operate lathes, milling machines, grinders to cut, bore, grind or shape parts to prescribed dimensions.
• File, grind, shim, and adjust different parts to properly fit them together.
• Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools and hand tools.
• Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure parts meet specifications and make adjustments as necessary.
• Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects.
• Smooth and polish surfaces of parts or tools using scrapers, stones, files, or grinders.
• Lift, position, and secure machined parts on surface plates or worktables using appropriate fixtures.
• Follow environmental, health and safety rules and strive for on-time delivery and productivity.
• Promote continuous improvement through lean and uphold customer satisfaction related to quality and timeliness.

Job description

Job Details

Description

Position Summary

Sets up and operates standard tool room equipment, such as lathes, milling machine and grinders to machine parts for die casting tools and equipment. Makes repairs and changes to die cast tooling. Works from blueprints and drawing; uses precision measuring tools; makes slides cores, ejector pins and cores. Cleans tooling, makes gate changes; removes drag, straighten cores, drills water lines, etc. Analyzes tooling problems and diagnoses repairs needed. May repair dies while still set in the casting machine. May stress temper small tool parts. Removes stuck castings; dismantles and reassembles tools. May make the more complicated repairs on trimming tools. May die prep cast and trim tooling. May include light EDM work.

Responsibilities/Duties/Tasks

• Study blueprints, sketches, models, or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies.
• Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators.
• Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies, based on specifications.
• Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes.
• File, grind, shim, and adjust different parts to properly fit them together.
• Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools and hand tools.
• Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications, making adjustments as necessary.
• Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects.
• Smooth and polish flat and contoured surfaces of parts or tools, using scrapers, abrasive stones, files, emery cloths, or power grinders.
• Lift, position, and secure machined parts on surface plates or worktables, using hoists, vises, v-blocks, or angle plates.
• Responsible for knowing and following all environmental, health and safety rules, policies, and procedures for work area and takes responsibility to assure that personal work activity is conducted in such a way so as to not affect the safety of themselves or others.
• Works toward Corp goal of on time delivery and productivity. Helps promotes this responsibilities to the department employees.
• Promotes continuous improvement through lean.
• Embrace customer satisfaction as it relates to on time delivery and quality
• All other duties as assigned.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is continuously exposed to moving mechanical parts; extreme heat and vibration.
• The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.
• The employee is frequently exposed to fume or airborne particles.
• The noise level in the work environment is frequently very loud.

Education And Experience

• Education in tooling, tooling repair preferred.
• 2-3 years experience in tooling and die repair preferred.

Wage And Benefits

Wage Range: $25-30/hour DOQ

Benefits

• Competitive Wages - Starting wage dependent on skills, experience and/or education
• Employee Ownership (ESOP)
• 401(k) Match
• Paid Holidays and Vacations
• Individual Contributor Health Reimbursement Account (ICHRA) - Chose the plan that’s best for you and your family!
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts
• Vision and Dental Insurance
• Company-Paid Long and Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance