Tool and Die Specialist (Stamping)

Legadima Human Capital

  • Pretoria, Gauteng
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 27 days ago
Requirements:
  • N3 and Toolmaker trade certificate with at least 5 years' experience in Automotive stamping plant.
  • Must have the below experiences:
  • Skin Panel experience
  • Forming knowledge,
  • Large Press experience,
  • Heat treatment experience.
  • Skin Die
  • Proficient draw die forming knowledge.
  • 3 years' experience with A class surface dies.
  • Ability to read tooling and product drawings.
  • Proficient welding skills.
  • Knowledge of tool steel properties and heat-treating parameters.
  • Ability to work any shift as well as rotating shifts and weekends
  • Ability to work independently with limited supervision
Duties:
  • Deliver the best Tool & Die to produce a high-quality product at the required rate according to specification
  • Manufacture, maintain and modify Press tools, Jigs, and Fixtures according to company standards and requirements
  • Perform safety inspections using corporate tools and conduct safety talks, Identify and ensure that safety hazards and unsafe practices are promptly corrected.
  • Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications; make adjustments as necessary.
  • Cut, shape, and trim blanks or blocks to specified lengths or shapes, using power saws, shears, rules, and hand tools.
  • File, grind, shim, and adjust different parts to properly fit them together.
  • Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools and hand tools.
  • Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects.
  • Lift, position, and secure machined parts or die components using hoists and overhead cranes.
  • Measure, mark, and scribe metal or plastic stock to lay out machining, using instruments such as protractors, micrometers, scribes, and rulers.
  • Select metals to be used from a range of metals based on properties such as hardness and heat tolerance.
  • Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled machine (CNC/MECOF) tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes.
  • Set up and operate drill presses to drill and tap holes in parts for assembly.
  • Smooth and polish flat and contoured surfaces of parts or tools, using scrapers, abrasive stones, files, emery cloths, or power grinders.
  • Study blueprints, sketches, models, or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies.
  • Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators.
  • Inspect and class finished part appearance against a master sample.
  • Design jigs, fixtures, and templates for use as work aids in the fabrication of parts or products.
  • Understanding draw die forming, maintenance of beads, trim steels and pierce operations.
  • Set pyrometer controls of heat-treating furnaces, and feed or place parts, tools, or assemblies into furnaces to harden.
  • Do preventative maintenance according to instruction (WES) as scheduled. Report nonconformance.
  • Support production with press and assembly related down time.
  • Actively partake in your role to improve FPS.
  • Support continuous improvement actions with press die, press and assembly process
  • Stamping production rate.
  • First time through part acceptance.
  • Mean time to repair

Legadima Human Capital