Die Maintenance Technician

Job DescriptionJob Description

Position objective:

Utilize highest level of tool and die knowledge, skill, and experience to build, maintain, and repair stamping dies in a fast-paced environment. Keeping safety, quality and productivity our number 1 goal.

Position Duties and Responsibilities:

Preventative maintenance (open check) dies. Clean, wash, polish, bolt check, etc.

Repair jobs assigned each day

Verifies dimensions, alignments, and clearances, using measuring tools such as gauge blocks, dial indicators, thickness gauge, radius gauge, and micrometers.

Die trials compute and adjust die using forming and plasticity knowledge, material strength theory, and inspection of panel and checking fixture.

Repair and replace locking tankers and locking slide cylinders. Install complete units and charge with nitrogen.

Troubleshoot and repair burr issues (cutting edge adjustments, double cut areas, and broken cutting-edge inserts with no master area).

Repair cutting edge clearance, pierce centering, and maturation in spotting press.

Customer ordered Design Change Mikomi (Die maturation) mating surface. Form, bend, trim, pierce location change. Read and follow E/C documents

Read blue prints, sketches, panel model for design changes.

Heavily damaged die - Make countermeasure and repair.

Reconstruct and repair heavily damaged inserts and make small die modifications.

Construct and build new dies. Read prints, assembly, die spot maturation and adjustment. Follow up on die trial and adjust at press.

Trouble shoot splitting, foldover, necking issues at press calls.

Install a complete nitrogen system (Manifolds, lines, fittings, and gas cylinders.

Sets up and operates lathes, milling machines, grinders and verifies final part with specifications.

Operate overhead crane: Rig, flip and move dies in close proximity. Operate large industrial forklift.

Class A Exterior die build and repair.

Level up / quality maturation. Read and follow E/C documents

Clean and maintain work areas everyday-5S

Minimum Requirements:

Must be able to tig, mig, arc weld and use die grinder as needed

Must have experience using lathe, surface grinder, table drill, milling machines, read basic blueprints, and have a good understanding of forming / plasticity.

Must have prior tool and die experience (Japanese tool and die experience but not required)

Company DescriptionSince Topre Corporation establishment in 1935, Topre has been advancing its core technologies, in particular automotive stampings and weld assemblies. By applying these core technologies, we now supply a variety of high-performance components and products to different industries in order to satisfy various demands of our customers. Come join our team here at Topre America Corporation!Company DescriptionSince Topre Corporation establishment in 1935, Topre has been advancing its core technologies, in particular automotive stampings and weld assemblies. By applying these core technologies, we now supply a variety of high-performance components and products to different industries in order to satisfy various demands of our customers. Come join our team here at Topre America Corporation!