Tool Maker C

Company: KLM
Location: Newport News
Posted on: January 20, 2023

Job Description:

About the job Tool Maker C Tool Maker C Newport News, VAAre you a repair person at heart where you enjoy problem solving and working on equipment? This position performs machine shop work for the repair and maintenance of dies, molds, and related equipment. This role performs machine shop work for the repair and maintenance of dies, molds, and related equipment. THIS POSITION FEATURES AN EXCEPTIONAL SIGN-ON BONUS! Responsibilities: Disassembles, inspects cleans, repairs, and reassembles tools and dies according to established procedures and utilizing one or more of the following: hand tools, pneumatic tools, grinders, lathes, mills, EDM's, calipers, veneers, and metric rulers. Ensures that the tools and dies meet established written and verbal specifications. Maintains tooling maintenance records on all tools, dies, and related equipment on forms provided. Diagnoses die problems by reading and inspecting blueprints and discussing the problems with Metal Stamping, Quality Assurance or Molding personnel. Provides instruction and guidance to Tool & Die Maker A's and assists in their training (internal or state approved apprenticeship). Operates and setups various types of machining equipment. May program EDM machines using ladder logic/PLCs in order to fabricate tools and equipment. May program CNC Milling machines using various software applications Assembles, inspects cleans, repairs, and reassembles tools and dies according to established pro-cedures and utilizing one or more of the following: hand tools, pneumatic tools, grinders, lathes, mills, EDM's, calipers, veneers, and metric rulers. Ensures that the tools and dies meet established written and verbal specifications. Polishes steel mold blocks according to prints in order to establish dimensions. Diagnoses die problems by reading and inspecting blueprints and discussing the problems with Supervisor, Manager or other Tool Makers. Utilizes computer viewer to obtain mold dimensions and specifications. Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: (Submission Summary):1. Any combination of education and experience equivalent to a high school diploma or GED, and 5-8 years experience with molds. Two year technical or trade school degree preferred. 2. General knowledge of molds including: how to assembly and disassemble components of a molds, wiring of a hot runner system and polishing techniques.3. Tool Maker C - Advanced Tool Making / Polish &Assembly. Our Mold & Metal Products group could be considered a 'job shop' (build to order), meaning only about 2% of our projects are affiliated with Canon and many others involve tooling for outside customers in the plastic injection, automotive, gas turbine and medical industries this is new tool build work with wax dies assembly works. 4. Skill of managing building up dies including prioritize shop schedule5. Skill of investigation for issues happened while assembly and trial6. Strong communication skill is required to communicate internally and externally7. Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder?

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