Job Summary
To ensure that all moulds and tools are processed through the tool room timeously and to a standard that will allow them to be run by production with minimal rejects.
Requirements:
- Must be in possession of a Grade 12 School Leaving Certificate
- Must be a Trade Tested Toolmaker or Fitter/Turner Machinist
- The Candidate must have sound knowledge of Pneumatics, welding, turning, milling and preferably CNC experience
- 5 years working experience in an Automotive Manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities:
- Ensuring that tools/moulds made in the Toolroom comply with ALL stipulated requirements.
- Ensure that tooling projects are completed within set timing constraints by clearly defined instructions and monitoring of staff.
- Planning for resource and material requirements.
- Staying within set budget parameters for tools/moulds. Tool/Mould Maintenance
- Maintain and Repair all Tooling/Moulds used in the group so as to ensure minimal rejects or foam wastage.
- Develop new tooling or modify existing tooling when required
- Diagnose and repair faults on tooling during the production run
- Manufacture basic tooling and production tooling to drawing or sample part
- Move, lift, lower and look after tooling Process/Productivity Improvements
- Identify areas for improvement on Tool/Mould design and manufacture with a reduction in rejects and shortened lead time as the end result. Fabrication
- Develop and fabricate from complex drawings
- Mechanically cut, drill and punch fabrication materials
- Join metals using the resistance welding process, Weld work piece (oxy-acetylene welding, shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding)
- Remove metals using oxy-fuel and air-carbon arc gouging processes
- Ensure all equipment/machine tools are maintained and that tool room housekeeping is of a high standard at all times Maintenance Process (Scheduled)
- Receive Maintenance Schedules, interpret instructions and plan maintenance and repair work
- Inspect the tooling and determine spares and consumables requirements
- Generate Job Requisitions for scheduled maintenance work (type of repair or maintenance, spares, quantities, time, etc.)
- Transport tools, equipment and spares to the work site
- Isolate equipment, perform lockouts and make the work area safe
- Conduct Preventive Maintenance activities
- Perform change overs in the production environment
- Perform routine maintenance
- Align machines and equipment
- Diagnose and repair faults on equipment and machinery during production/operation
- Commission and refurbish machines / equipment
- Operate and monitor a drilling machine to produce components
- Operate and monitor a lathe to produce components
- Operate and monitor a milling machine to produce components
- Operate and monitor a surface grinding machine to produce components
- Perform basic welding/joining of metals
- Perform MIG/TIG welding of metals