Toolmaker

ALPLA Group; Bowling Green (KY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation and holidays

Company-paid life, short-term and long

long-term disability insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Career growth opportunities

Hands-on training and professional dev

Sustainability focus

Job summary

ALPLA Bowling Green is seeking a skilled Toolmaker to maintain molds, repair and modify tooling, and collaborate with mold vendors and the technical department. The role supports maintenance activities and orders replacement parts as needed to ensure continuous production.

Ideal candidates will have a high school diploma or equivalent and completed an apprenticeship. You will join a manufacturing team that values accuracy, safety, and timely delivery of parts and services.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Apprenticeship or equivalent completion.
• Able to meet deadlines with accuracy and precision.
• Ability to read prints and follow specifications.

Responsibilities

• Maintain molds by cleaning, modifying, repairing, and reporting issues.
• Work with outside mold vendors; provide documentation and act as contact for technical department.
• Assist maintenance with parts modification and repair; order parts as needed.

Skills

Read prints

Basic computer skills

Lifting to 50 lbs

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Completion of Apprenticeship or equivalent

Job description

ALPLA Bowling Green 2 Plant
377 Southwood Ct
Bowling Green, KY 42101, USA

Description

Build a Career, Not Just a Job

Join ALPLA, a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions serving some of the world's most recognized brands, including P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, PepsiCo, and many more.

As a family-owned company with locations around the world, ALPLA offers stable careers, hands-on training, competitive benefits, and opportunities for growth. Whether you're an experienced manufacturing professional or looking to start a new career, we provide the support and development you need to succeed.

What Can You Expect From ALPLA

• Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Childcare and dependent care savings programs
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Company-paid life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance
• Tuition reimbursement and educational assistance programs
• Career growth and advancement opportunities
• Employee recognition programs
• Hands-on training and professional development
• A stable, growing company committed to sustainability

Ready to Build Your Future?

Join a team where your contributions matter, your development is supported, and your career can grow with a global industry leader.

Apply today and discover what a career at ALPLA can offer.

What Will You Enjoy Doing

• Maintains molds
  • maintaining
  • cleaning
  • modifying
  • repairing
  • reporting damaged equipment to Supervisor
• Works with outside mold vendors
  • Supplies needed documentation
  • Acts as main contact for technical department
• Machine parts
  • Assists Maintenance in modifying and repairing parts if needed
  • Orders parts as needed

What Makes You Great

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Completion of Apprenticeship or equivalent
• Able to meet deadlines
• Accuracy and precision

Qualifications/Skills:
• Able to read and follow prints
• Basic computer skills
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an
employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions. While performing the duties of this job:

• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms
  and very occasionally to climb or balance.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel;
  stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must regularly lift and/ or move up to 10 lbs, frequently lift and/or
  move up to 30 lbs and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

It is required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by
adhering to all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA). #toolmaker #BOW2

ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.