SENIOR TOOL AND DIE TECHNICIAN

DAY SHIFT - 6am to 2:30pm 

Monday - Friday 

$38.00 -$45.00 Per Hour 

$2,500 Sign-on Bonus 

General Purpose:

MI Windows and Doors is seeking a motivated Tool and Die Specialist to assist in the commissioning, planned maintenance, and repairs of its internal cutting / stamping tools and auxiliary equipment in our high-volume facility. This individual will be working with cross-functional teams and bridging gaps between production and maintenance operations. Excellent tool and die skills are mandatory for the team member to achieve success. The ideal candidate has a proven track record of success in similar environments within the industry.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities:

· Help lead the maintenance, repairs, and modifications of fabrication dies of various sizes for vinyl and aluminum extrusions.

· Identify and schedule repairs for dies needed without the interruption of production.

· Make in-press repairs of tooling.

· Must be able to interpret verbal or written instructions and work independently to complete jobs from set up to final inspection.

· Ensure a safe work environment, equipment maintenance and repair, housekeeping duties, organization of shop materials and supplies.

· Perform other duties as assigned.

General Qualifications, Skills, and Abilities:

· High school diploma or equivalent.

· 10 years’ experience in building and repairs of all types, sizes, and shapes of dies, jigs, fixtures, and tools.

· Assemble and try out complex tools and dies on manufacturing equipment.

· Set up, runs off, and tests dies to produce a product to spec, tracing die difficulties to their source and correcting them.

· May assist in the training and mentoring of apprentices.

· Strong mechanical ability and problem-solving skills sufficient to perform PM and most repairs without support.

· Good organizational skills with strong attention to detail.

· Ability to work in a fast-paced multi-tasking environment and meet operational deadlines.

· Must be self-motivated, safety and quality conscious, and work efficiently with minimal supervision.

· Heavy lifting required (50 plus lbs.).

· Good communication skills with the ability to work in a team environment.

· Ability to use CMMS to log work and create and close work orders.

· Experience in progressive dies, blanking dies, pierce dies, welding, drilling, and assembly fixtures.

· Well versed with the fundamentals of hydraulic, pneumatic, and punch press dies.

· Reading blueprints to produce new die components and replacement parts.

· Operate typical machine shop equipment including mills, lathes, drill presses, surface grinders, and saws.

· Experience with all different types of tool steel and the heat-treating process of each one including A2, D2, S7, and O1.

· Must have the ability to produce double compound angled parts using milling machine and sin bar.

· Know trigonometric functions and formulas as in Sine, Cosine, and Tangent functions to produce compound angles.

· Must supply own hand tools including calipers, micrometers, depth gauges, etc…

· Valid driver’s license

"MITER Brands, also known as MI Windows and Doors, Milgard and PGT are an equal-opportunity employer. The company does not discriminate based on religion, race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, handicap, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other applicable legally protected category."