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

Qualifications and Skill Requirements:

• 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.

Travel Requirements:

Travel required for this position is less than 5%.

 Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and peripheral vision.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk and talk or hear.  The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The

 Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those individual encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  An individual may be required to wear appropriate safety protective equipment at the proper times and in the proper environments as outlined by safety program rules.  The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts.  There will be periods of exposure to high heat.  The employee is occasionally exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather); fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outdoor weather conditions and vibration.

Pay Range - $20.00-$30.00 (based on relevant experience)