Our company culture is built upon YKK’s philosophy called the CYCLE OF GOODNESS™.  We believe that providing value and being fair to our customers and our employees is what makes us a successful company in return.  Guided by our core values and fundamental behaviors, we strive to foster a caring company, committed employees and challenging work that benefits our employees, customers, and communities. We offer competitive compensation packages, training and advancement opportunities. YKK AP America provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package designed to provide the security they need to enjoy life at home and at work.  By providing a high level of benefit coverage at a reasonable cost to the employee, we hope to foster a long and productive employment relationship.

Summary:

Identify issues and make corrections to existing dies so they perform as required. Documenting these changes so replacement die will have improved performance.

• Polish / make corrections to die tooling.
• Review new die designs with Dept manager recommending possible improvements.
• Document corrections so it can be utilized for redesign of next die.
• Review die performance history and recommend changes to design to improve performance.
• Identify tooling by size, type and where it is stored
• Enter data into computer system.
• Understand hazards and what chemicals are used in caustic and nitride areas.
• Identify defects on die bearings and technique to repair them.
• Understand metal flow in a die and techniques to change it.
• Read section prints and inspect extrusions to the print

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Ability to properly use and understand measuring equipment and tools.
• Proper operation of mill machine, die press, sandblaster, and caustic system.
• Compiles, stores, and retrieves production data for good die ratio and efficiency gains
• Must have at least 5-8 Years of experience of Die Correction in the architectural product manufacturing experience.
• Must have at least high school diploma or GED.

Pay:

$20.00-$30.00 (based on experience)