DIE REPAIRER TRAINEE

About Us

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.

About the Role

This position will learn and facilitate the correction and maintenance of extrusion tooling to ensure it produces quality extrusions at the desired rate.

Responsibilities

• Learn all proper methods for repairing and modifying dies, feeders, portholes, and support tooling to achieve the production of high-quality extrusions.
• Learn how to apply regular maintenance requirements, including caustic cleaning, polishing, nitriding, and inspection for tooling stress cracks and excessive wear.
• Gain a full understanding of industry tolerance requirements, print reading, and the use of precision measuring instruments.
• Learn how to maintain and keep detailed records of die corrections and die history.
• Compile, store, and retrieve production data for good die ratio and efficiency gains.
• Support the die polishing process.
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment.
• Perform other duties as necessary within the Die Correction Department.

Requirements

• Be vigilant about safety.
• Quality-conscious and oriented to excellence.
• Ability to learn proper methods for repairing and modifying dies, feeders, portholes, and support tooling.
• Ability to learn regular maintenance requirements, including caustic cleaning, polishing, nitriding, and inspection for tooling stress cracks and excessive wear.
• Develop a full understanding of industry tolerance requirements, print reading, and the use of precision measuring instruments.
• Ability to maintain detailed records of die corrections and die history.
• Compile, store, and retrieve production data for good die ratio and efficiency gains.
• Support the die polishing process.
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment.

Pay

The hourly pay range for this position is $18.57–$22.60, depending on experience, skills, and qualifications.

Travel Requirements

The travel required for this position is 1%.

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.

• Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds (proper lifting techniques required).
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, stoop, or kneel; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; crouch or crawl.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an individual encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• 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 moderate; hearing protection will be required in certain areas of the process.
• Frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts.
• Occasionally exposed to heat or humid conditions (weather-related).