Tool Room Technician - 2nd Shift

KLM Careers; North Vernon (IN); On-site; USD 30,307; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in North Vernon, Indiana, is seeking a Tool Room Technician for the 2nd Shift. This role involves operating various tool room equipment, preparing tooling, and ensuring production readiness. Candidates must have a high school diploma or GED, along with 2 years of CNC/machining experience. Knowledge of blueprint reading and drill press operation is preferred. This is a contract-to-hire position with an hourly rate of $22.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• At least 2 years of experience in a CNC/machining environment.
• Knowledge/awareness in Blueprint reading and Drill Press operation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Operate Makino Milling Machines and other tool room equipment.
• Prepare tooling: breakdown, cleaning, and building tooling.
• Measure step heights on punches and log data.

Skills

CNC/machining background

Blueprint reading

Drill Press

Sawing

Education

High School Diploma or GED

2 years of experience in CNC/machining

Job description

Overview

Tool Room Technician - 2nd Shift

This is a 12-month contract-to-hire role. $22 hr

Job Description

Job Description:

• Interact with Crew Supervisor and Manufacturing Specialists to provide needed tooling and direction for the purpose of assisting employees to make product that meets the Customers expectations at levels of productivity that meet or exceed the established plan. Reports directly to the Tool Room Supervisor, in-directly to Tool Room Machinist.

Responsibilities

• Operation of the Makino Milling Machines and other tool room equipment as trained, (i.e. Wheelabrator, manual mill and grinders) Tooling preparations i.e. breakdown, cleaning and building of tooling to be machined.
• Measure step heights on punches and log data into the tool room step list.
• Maintain punch cut records, compacting tool sign-out sheets and dispense to oven sheets.
• Receive tooling in from vendors; perform inspection of product related tooling as needed.
• One or more Tooling specialist assigned to write tool path programs for the Makino mills.
• Basic operation of computer used to transfer programs to the Makino mills.
• Safety, work in a safe manner.
• Assist with tooling inventory as needed.
• One or more Tooling Specialist assigned to support training.
• Perform daily / monthly operator PMs.
• Assure production readiness of Tool and Die.
• In addition to the above responsibilities, this position is responsible for other tasks as assigned.

Skills Required

• KNOWLEDGE/AWARENESS IN THE FOLLOWING CNC/machining background a plus Blueprint reading a plus Drill Press Sawing.

Experience Required

COMPETENCIES ISO9001/IATF16949/ISO14001 Awareness CNC mill details to finished size after heat treat (face forms) Continuous Improvement Customer Specific Requirements Ethical Practice General Housekeeping Health & Safety Identify and demonstrate usage of machine safety and personal protective equipment Knowledge of manual Tool Room equipment Lock-out/Tag-out Procedures Material handling, hazardous materials handling and storage Prepare details for CNC Machine Preventive Maintenance/Machine Tools Risk-Based Thinking Use hand tools on contoured steel from CNC milling operations

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

1. Do you have a HS or GED.
2. Do you have 2 years of experience in CNC/machining background.
3. Do you have Blueprint reading a plus
4. Do you have Drill Press experience.
5. Do you have Sawing experience.
6. Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder.