Tooling Technician

Tooling Technician

Company:  Allfast Fastening Systems LLC

Primary Location:  15200 Don Julian Road, City of Industry, CA 91745 USA

Workplace Type: On-site

Employment Type: Hourly | Full-Time

Function:  Administrative

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

Main Duties & Responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY:

Using Expandable and panning tools, maintain proper inventory levels, and plan and coordinate replenishment as needed. Coordinate receipt, inspection, stocking of tooling. Pull and distribute tooling to the proper locations and kits. Utilizing Tool Layouts and BOM’s, pull kits for tool assemblies.
Essential Duties, Responsibilities and Competencies:
Maintain Planning levels for Tooling to ensure high availability for Production.
Establish Tooling requirements based on established reorder point levels driven by Production requirements.
Generate replenishment orders and work with Purchasing to place orders to Suppliers. Schedule orders to effectively manage Tooling spend. Follow up with Purchasing and Suppliers to ensure timely deliveries.
Receives, unpacks, and stores incoming tools and equipment, and requisitions stock to replenish inventory.
Proactively prepare, stage, and verify complete, production-ready kits for Production based on machine schedule. Confirm that kits align with Tool Layouts, BOM’s, and machine schedule.
Identify tooling gaps / risks and escalate proactively.
Re-evaluates returned kits to determine tools that are re-usable, need rework, or scrap. Coordinate the rework and scrap.
Restock kits with reworked, re-usable, and/or new tooling to ensure availability when needed.
Track tooling shortages, breakage, and abnormal usage. Capture feedback from Heading production and Toolmakers regarding tool performance. Support corrective actions with Engineering and Suppliers. 
To ensure accurate inventory balances, maintain records of tools issued and returned.
Store tooling in designated areas and ensure that proper inventory levels are maintained.
Prepares periodic inventory or maintains perpetual inventory of tools and equipment.
Marks and identifies tools as needed to maintain clear identification.
Responsible for periodic Cycle Counts.
Update metrics and prepare reports for Management as needed. Escalate issues timely to Management.  
Other duties as assigned by Manager.

Qualifications

OTHER COMPETENCIES:
Language Skills:
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Able to read and interpret drawings and bills of materials.

Mathematical Skills:
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Able to interpret and understand results from manual and/or automated testing equipment.

Education and/or Experience:
High school diploma or general education degree (GED).  Knowledge of calipers, gages, and other measuring instruments.

Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; reach with hands and arms and kneel or crouch. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Compensation

 In compliance with all states and cities requiring transparency of pay, the expected pay range for this position is $20.00 - $35.00.

Compensation can vary depending on several factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, experience, competencies, and geographic location.  Some roles may qualify for extra incentives like equity, commissions, or other variable performance-related bonuses.  Further details will be provided by our recruiting team during the interview process.

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.