Converting Tooling Technician

Job Title: Tooling Shop Leadman

Reports To: Converting Superintendent

Summary:

Assisting in the administration and management of the tooling process

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures all production demands for ink and printing assistance are fulfilled as a first priority.
• Ensures all process and procedures are being followed by the department members
• Backup for checking in Print Plates during their shift.
• Coordinating repairs of Cutting Die and Print Plates
• Be trained on basic Cutting Die and Print Plate repair in order to assist when needed.
• Works as a liaison between Customer Service and Tooling Department members when it comes to checking tooling for specific issues
• Works as a liaison with Quality Department to investigate tooling related Customer complaints.
• Makes sure next shift is set up for the day in terms of ink and tooling related needs.
• Ensures Ink is being recycled, combined to reduce overall inventory when possible. Ensure Ink pricing and usage monthly is reported
• Be involved with New Items and Trials when needed. Help troubleshoot and create “Recipe Cards” to ensure future orders run more smoothly. Coordinates this with the Converting Supervisors, Customer Service and Scheduling.
• Works alongside the Operators. Help pull tooling for orders when needed. Perform daily checks on red tagged tooling to ensure they are repaired quickly.
• Works alongside the Expeditors especially when they are being utilized for other duties. Makes periodic checks at machine centers to ensure quality tooling has been delivered. Performs periodic checks on tooling after it runs.
• Ensures Band Type is not being discarded by the operators. Ensures proper levels of type at every machine.
• Ensures Red Tag and Orange Tape procedures are being followed.
• Investigates and records in a spreadsheet print plate and cutting die damage including shift/machine/date in order to implement corrective action and or retraining when needed.
• Regularly works on purge lists to get rid of old tooling by reporting issues
• Works on special projects as assigned by Management.
• Ensures all Tooling Department areas are kept clean daily.
• Assigns cleaning duties and or special projects across shifts based on workloads, vacations and other determining factors.
• Carries out and supports any additional needs or instructions given by Manager

Requirements:

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or GED.

Provide own tools necessary to perform maintenance tasks.

Candidates are PREFERRED who offer the following:

Prior work experience in the corrugated industry.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Able to read and follow instructions on factory masters.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Able to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy. Able to calculate figures and amounts such as percentages, measurement, volume and rate. Able to apply concepts of high school math.

REASONING ABILITY:

To apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form. Ability to deal with problems involving one or more concrete variables in standardized situations.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

The individual must have a working knowledge of the following:

Knowledge and experience with the ink kitchen system.

Tooling Cutting Dies & Print Plates

Product layouts and production specifications

Product quality specifications

Quality standards

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

May be required to maintain a current Lift Truck Operator License and/or other appropriate certification to work in certain areas or on certain equipment.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 to 65 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Pratt is America's 5th largest corrugated packaging company and the world's largest, privately-held producer of 100% recycled containerboard, with more than 9000 highly-skilled, green-collar employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability. Pratt was founded in the USA more than 30 years ago and, since then, has shown dramatic growth with sophisticated manufacturing facilities in more than 27 states.