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AmeriStaff in Martinsville, VA is currently recruiting for a Die Repair Technician.
Duties and responsibilities
Receives new dies and tooling, performs inspections, and stores in designated locations.
Reports to the press with each new die trial, observes product extruding and press practices and perimeters. Captures run data, and samples to complete new die reports.
Prepares dies for each days production schedule. Shine, inspect, and as required disassemble and reassembles dies and tooling.
Oversees dies, tooling and samples requiring caustic cleaning/etching.
Performs dies repairs, including choke, relief, crack repairs, shining, opening wall thickness, extrude honing, by measuring samples against specifications, diagnosing the required modifications, conducting the actual repair and documenting the modifications that were made.
Maintains clean and safe work environment. Actively participates in safety programs to maintain world class safety performance.
Train die chasers, and new die repairmen as required.
Must be capable of performing all production operator positions to provide back-up support when required.
Operates die nitrider, extrude hone, fork trucks, overhead cranes to perform normal die maintenance and storage tasks.
Qualifications
This position is an advanced level die repair technician. The candidate for this position must have a minimum of 5 years die and tooling repair experience, including a minimum of 5 years of extrusion press line operation knowledge. (Die Chasing, Press Operator, Stretcher, Saw, Inspection, Packing).
Qualifications include:
Minimum of High School diploma, and 2-year degree in either an advanced technical trade school or A.S. college education, or the equivalent.
Strong analytical skills, problem solving skills, advanced level mathematics, and geometry.
Understanding of formal continuous improvement systems. SPC, Six Sigma, Lean manufacturing training.
Capable of working rotating 12-hour shifts.
Excellent communicator, and team player thats outgoing, enthusiastic, motivational and inspiring individual that thrives to win, and brings out the best in people.
Prefer certified fork truck, crane operator.
Machine tool background, and ability to operate mills lathes, are advantages but not required.
Working conditions
This position does work in close proximity to high temperatures, and operational temperatures reach 115 degrees during summer months. Must be capable of lifting 50 lbs. regularly and up to 150 lbs. periodically.
This position works a schedule from 7am to 7pm and rotates to nights working 7pm to 7am. A 4 day per week 48 hr. schedule.
The actual work requires this candidate to stand for 10 + hours per day, with frequent bending, kneeling, stooping.
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