Tool & Die Maker

Crown Holdings - Sugar Land, TX

Sugar Land, TX

10,001+ employees

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Tool & Die Maker serves a key function in the operation and on-going maintenance of the high-speed manufacturing equipment that produces aluminum cans at the Sugar Land, Texas manufacturing location. Reports directly to the PM&R Supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Perform work requiring a thorough knowledge of machine shop and tool room practices and techniques, properties of various materials, and the principles of application and operations of various types of tools, jigs, fixture and dies.
• Make repairs or alterations to end and tongue dies including the manufacture of replacement parts as needed.
• Use precision measuring instruments to assemble, fit, align and adjust parts to very exact tolerances.
• Manage tooling inventories, setup tool packs, measure precision tolerances and work with assembly set-ups.
• Study specifications such as blueprints, sketches, models, or descriptions to determine materials required and machines to be used to fabricate parts.
• Set-up and operation of machine tools such as lathes, milling machines and other equipment to machine parts.
• Interact closely with the operations team to plan, trouble shoot and analyze production and equipment issues and concerns and come up with solutions.
• Run quality checks on product in line with customer requirements.
• Performs other job-related duties as required or assigned.

Requirements

• Five-to-ten-year(s) experience in a manufacturing environment
• Thorough knowledge of working with ferrous, non-ferrous, and non-metallic materials, cutting oils, grinding compounds and other procession materials
• Proven competency in the use of micrometers, calipers, and related equipment
• Must be available to work various shifts if needed and be able to work nights, weekends, and overtime.

Nice-to-haves

• High School Education/GED or equivalent
• Associate degree or a vocational or technical certification or a journeyman's card or license
• High-speed packaging industry experience
• Knowledge of Six Sigma, SPC, and Lean Manufacturing

Benefits

• gainsharing bonus
• medical, dental, vision - no monthly premium for employees
• Company funded pension
• 401k plan with company match
• paid lunch & breaks
• basic life insurance & Short-Term Disability
• paid holidays
• vacation accrual based on years of service
• stock purchase plan
• tuition reimbursement
• safety shoe & prescription safety glasses allowance