Tool Room Technician

Objective

Responsible for assembling, building, and repairing tools for production equipment. The Tool Room Technician will be part of a team to work with operators and engineering to improve tool performance, support production with adequate tooling, and general troubleshooting.

Essential Functions

• Operate a variety of tool room equipment, including but not limited to, lathes, CNC mills, grinders, presses and hand tools to spot grind and finish hardened tools
• Utilize tool room equipment to repair, PM, or prepare tooling to get the machines back up and running with minimal impact on OEE
• Provide complete sets of tools for setups
• Receive and inspect incoming tools from a P.O and make labels
• Provide individual tools to operator stations for 1st and 2nd shift
• Review and consume tools that have met life expectancy
• Operates equipment to re-profile tools that engineering, and operators require for improved output.
• Organize, manage, and maintain tool inventory
• Assemble and certify dies for use
• Provide on floor tooling support and interface with Operators, Set-Up personnel and Supervision to resolve issues at the machines that directly impact OEE
• Including continuous improvement opportunities that will increase OEE by minimizing or eliminating tooling issues that would affect machine availability (uptime)
• Work with the Quality team on receiving inspection for purchased tooling to ensure that it meets the print
• Participate in developing work instructions, resolving procedural issues, and suggesting and implementing improvements that impact the quality of products, the timeliness of delivery, or efficiency of operations
• Enhance department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
• Responsible for promoting and following through with Ramco Quality Policy and ensuring personal and departmental objectives are met
• Other various duties, as assigned, aligned with meeting company or departmental objectives.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Tool and Die Maker Journeyman’s certificate or equivalent
• 5 years of similar experience in tool and die making or machining. Automotive industry and/or previous fastener experience desirable

Preferred Skills

• Fastener experience
• Print and specification reading and interpretation
• Strong mechanical aptitude
• Process improvement mindset
• Proficient verbal communication
• Attention to detail
• Welding skills
• Machining skills

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the individual is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The person in this position frequently is required to walk and climb stairs. Also, it is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and peripheral vision.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee while performing the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate/ occasionally loud. While on the manufacturing floor, the Tool Room Technician will be required to wear eye and hearing protection. Safety-toed shoes are highly recommended around and on manufacturing equipment.