Tooling Technician II

Job Summary:

Troubleshoot and maintain plastic injection molds (cold or hot runner), practice predictive and preventative maintenance, have familiarity with standard tool room equipment, and maintain thorough and accurate tool maintenance records

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Maintains and repairs injection molds to support production requirements of a multi-shift, 35-press facility.
• Repairs cavities and cores due to damage or wear.
• Completes engineering changes and revisions to injection molds.
• Instructs other toolmakers and trainees in operation and setup of the tool room equipment.
• Manufacture and/or replace tooling components with minimal supervision and a high degree of accuracy and competency.
• Maintain accurate mold history/records.
• Builds fixtures and gages as needed.
• Training and support of level 1 and 2 tooling technicians.
• Observes all health and safety requirements and maintains work area in a neat and orderly condition.
• And other duties as assigned

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations.
• Must have intermediate understanding of mold components and ability to make adjustments with little support.
• Ability to troubleshoot & assess issues with molds, trim dies, and fixturing.
• Expert ability to design and review mold, trim die, and machining fixture models and make recommendations for manufacturability.
• Must have expert understanding of Cartesian coordinate systems, cutting tools, and tool holding principles.
• Must have expert understanding of mold components and ability to make adjustments with no support.
• Must have expert understanding of Metallurgy, types of steels, material hardness and materials that may be used in an injection mold.
• Must be an expert in use of tool room equipment; CNC milling, surface grinders, surface grinder wheel dressing, Lathe, Sine chuck, spin fixtures, sinker EDM etc.
• Ability to perform any type of mold polishing.
• Can act as back up for PM Tooling when required.
• Ability to set up and operates lathes, milling machines, electrical discharge machines, and surface grinders as needed.
• Expert ability to setup and burn on sinker EDM machine, while performing other tasks without incident.
• Ability to competently use calipers, micrometers, and other handheld measuring tools typical to a machining environment.
• Must have intermediate ability to 3D model.
• Ability to create CNC machining set-up/tool sheets and work instructions.
• Must have expert ability to modify and create CNC programs for production machining operations and the tool room to produce mold components and electrodes.
• Successful completion of Fundamentals of IM.
• Successful completion of Technology of IM - Level 1 Skill Builder Simulation.
• Successful completion of Technology of IM - Level 2 Skill Builder Simulation.
• Ability to read and write English and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals and blueprint reading.
• Ability to use advanced shop math, precision measuring instruments and blueprints.
• Ability to get along with coworkers and work in a team environment.
• Experience with stoning and polishing of mold components.

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred.
• 10+ years’ experience in tool room environment. Must meet all requirements for Level 2 tool technician.
• Technical degree preferred but not required.

Physical Demands:

• Moderate physical demand working frequently with medium weight material and occasionally with heavy weight material.
• Must be able to work standing for extended periods of time and maintain dexterity when handling tooling components.

1st Shift