What are the responsibilities and job description for the Toolroom Technician Assistant position at Falcon Plastics?
Established in 1975, Falcon Plastics has over 50 years of expertise in molding customer ideas into a wide variety of products used every day, by people all over the world! Our corporate headquarters is located in Brookings, SD and we have manufacturing facilities in Brookings, SD, Madison, SD, Lexington, TN, Tigard, OR and Suzhou, China.
We offer an excellent benefits package that includes: Group Health Plan(s) (Medical, Dental, Vision and Pharmacy), Cafeteria Plan, 401(k), Profit Sharing, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance and an Employee Assistance Program.
In this role, you will be responsible for repairing and maintaining injection and blow molding tooling
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
- Completes entry level preventative maintenance on molds and components.
- Fits and assembles parts into complete mold assembly.
- Verifies dimensions and alignment of mold assembly.
- Installs machined replacement parts in mechanisms, machines, molds and equipment, and tests operation of unit to ensure functionality and performance.
- Develops specifications from general description and interprets sketches of part or product to be fabricated.
- Confers with production personnel, supervisor, other toolmakers or others to resolve machining or assembly problems.
- Measures, marks, and scribes dimensions and reference points on material or work piece as guides for subsequent machining.
- Grinds, files, and sands parts to fit parts for assembly and to polish smooth and finish cavity
- Reads basic blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, or specifications to determine assembly, preventative maintenance requirements, dimensions and the tolerances of finished work piece, sequence of operations, and setup requirements.
- Selects, aligns, and secures holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials on machines such as mills, lathes, grinders, and EDMs.
- Calculates and set controls for routine machining factors such as speed, feed, coolant flow, and depth and angle of cut.
- Verifies conformance of finished work piece to specifications.
Job Type: Full-time
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
