Die Maintenance Welder

Job Summary: Die Maintenance Technician is responsible for the daily maintenance, upkeep and repair of all dies on the plant floor. They are expected to maintain and care for the tools and dies so that they are always in proper working condition. Essential Functions: Responsible for the repair, cleaning, and troubleshooting of tools and dies. Work with the production department with all tooling issues. Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators. File, grind, shim, and adjust different parts to properly fit them together. 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. Initiate and conduct preventative maintenance on all tools & dies. Attend necessary production meetings to acquire up-to-date information and provide input where needed regarding the tools/dies.