Tool Maker - 2nd Shift

Tool Maker - 2nd Shift

Company:  Rieke LLC

Primary Location:  2855 E. Bellefontaine Rd, Hamilton, IN 46742 USA

Workplace Type: On-site

Employment Type: Hourly | Full-Time

Function:  Manufacturing Production / Distribution

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Position Summary:

The Tool Maker fabricates, maintains and repairs progressive and transfer stamping dies, injection mold tooling and other support equipment with minimal supervision using manual machines in the Tool Room. Other tasks are assigned as necessary to ensure production requirements are met.

 The hours for this shift are Monday-Friday 2pm-10pm with some weekends.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain a safe and healthy work practice by observing safely procedures and practices.
• Maintain all dies, support equipment, injection mold tooling preventive maintenance and troubleshooting problems.
• Fabricate details using blueprints, sketches, oral instructions using Manual Mills, Lathes and Grinders.
• Effectively read detailed blueprints and fabricate parts to specified tolerances using a variety of materials and processes.
• Responsible for documenting all changes made to tools.
• Properly troubleshoot tooling defects and eliminate all possible causes for production downtime.
• Execute engineering changes and improvements in the tools for customer complaints.
• Follow the work order system, including capture and print work orders in the Work Order system, perform the following instructions order filling and posting progress specifying the order in the die/injection molds daily.
• Must be a Team oriented player & work well with others.
• Must have own basic set of precision/hand tools.
• Reporting on the performance of the quality management system and on opportunities for improvement to management.
• Ensuring the promotion of customer focus throughout the organization and in particular, your area of responsibility.
• Ensuring that the integrity of the quality management system is maintained when changes to the quality management system are planned and implemented.
• Ensuring that the processes are delivering their intended outputs.
• Support all EHS activities and strictly adhere to all work instructions and safety procedures.
• Immediately report any unsafe or unhealthy working condition to your supervisor/leadership.

Physical Demands/Work Environment:

Must be able to stand or walk on concrete for long periods of time. Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.

On-Site: This role is required to be on-site 5-6 days at the Hamilton, IN location.

Qualifications

Qualifications and Skills:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 4 years’ experience working in a (manufacturing) tool & die shop running lathes, milling machines and grinders holding close tolerances
• Must be able to read and interpret mold and die prints
• Must be proficient using all measuring devices required to work in tool shop

• Experience in working in a fast paced, high-volume environment

Preferred Qualifications Skills:

• DOL Journeyman, preferred
• Technical background in injection molding and/or steel manufacturing.

Compensation

The expected pay range for this position is $28.00 - $35.00/hour depending on experience. $2.00 shift premium applies.  Potential for wage increase dependent on 90-day evaluation of determined competency level.  

Benefits

Benefit offerings include Medical Insurance and Prescription Drugs, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability Insurance (for eligible employees), Employee Assistance Plan (EAP), Paid Time Off (may include vacation and sick time), Retirement Program, and Other Voluntary Benefits.