What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plymouth- Tool Room Technician position at Placon Corporation?
The Tool Room Technician is responsible for dispensing, receiving, storing and maintaining production tools and accessories; Maintains tooling in production-ready condition.
Essential Accountabilities
- Store and retrieve production tools and accessories in conjunction with the needs of the Master Production Schedule.
- Prepare tools and accessories for production by inspecting them before dispensing them to production and after receiving them back from product-on.
- Trouble shoot problems with tooling, tool assembly, tool data base and tool delivery. Assist in providing solutions that improve our systems at the root level.
- Establish individual tool Preventive Maintenance levels and tasks. Perform Preventive Maintenance task on Placon tools.
- Prepare and maintain tool and accessories logs, including location and other data as required.
- Execute the Tool Preventive Maintenance Program as defined by the Tooling Support Manager.
- Follow established safety procedures and regulations and keep work area neat and orderly.
- Understand and comply with all ISO QSP's and work instructions related to job responsibilities.
- Assists in other areas of Tooling Department as required.
- Works in any department of the Company as required.
- Works with minimal supervision.
Minimum Qualifications
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- 1-2 years of related work experience in assembly, inspection, set up, repair and/or troubleshooting of tooling, molds and related accessories - OR - Disassembly/assembly/repair of mechanical components
- Familiar with machine shop equipment
- Must be able to read blueprints/drawings
- Ability to use hand tools, gauges and other indictors to ensure tooling is working properly
- Ability to read and understand Placon production schedules and flexibility to adjust work to meet productions schedule changes
- Read, write and verbally communicate in the English Language
Desired Skills
- Mechanical aptitude
- Organization skills
- Familiar with tools/molds in a manufacturing environment
- Previous experience with tooling/molds storage systems
- Tool fabrication and troubleshooting
Position Requirements
Work Environment Conditions:
Inside: Tool room and tooling center
Equipment/Tools Used:
Hoists, forklifts, Hand tools and drills
Physical Requirements: Light work (lift 10 lbs): occasionally - components & tools
Medium Work (lift 11-30 lbs.): occasionally - components & tools Heavy Work (lift 31-50 lbs.): occasionally - components & tools Other Physical Requirements: Work on your feet up to 12 hours a day Mental Requirements Reading, Writing, Calculating, Interpersonal Skills, Reasoning / Analysis, Works with Minimal Supervision, Shop math
Travel Frequency (in addition to seminars or related training):
Local: 1-2 times/year
Regional: As required
National: As required
International: As required
