Tooling Coordinator - 1st Shift

About the Role

As a Tooling Coordinator at Pratt Industries – Tulsa, you will play a crucial role in maintaining and organizing tooling for production machinery. Your responsibilities will include inspecting, staging, and storing cutting dies and print plates, ensuring all necessary tools are available for scheduled jobs, and coordinating tooling repairs or replacements. You’ll work in a fast-paced environment, ensuring operational efficiency, safety, and compliance with quality standards.

What You’ll Get

• Insurance Benefits and wellness reimbursement within one month
• Paid holidays from day one and 401(k) with match at 3 months
• Tuition reimbursement at one year
• Excellent benefits package including medical, dental, short-term disability and HSA
• Paid Childbearing/parental leave at one year
• Healthy Lifestyle program with up to $1,200 awarded each year to your HSA
• Employee Assistance Programs to help you manage your life at work and at home
• Safety and PPE Reimbursements
• Cell phone discount with 2 major providers
• Monthly incentive bonus if plant goals are met

What You’ll Give

• A Commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement
• Dedication to maintaining equipment and production area cleanliness
• Leadership in training and assisting fellow team members, including machine operators and helpers
• Active participation in meeting production schedules and resolving challenges proactively

Key Duties and Success Factors

Safety & Compliance

Ensure all tooling and equipment are properly handled, stored, and maintained to prevent workplace hazards. Follow all safety protocols when lifting or moving heavy dies and plates.

Quality Assurance

Inspect all dies and plates for damage or wear, ensuring only quality tooling is used in production. Document and report any repairs or replacements needed.

Operational Efficiency

Conduct scheduled walkthroughs to verify tooling availability at machines, remove unused tools, and organize storage locations. Assign and log tooling numbers for easy tracking.

Training & Development

Maintain accurate records of tooling assignments and updates. Assist with scanning and documenting print cards and CADs in the system when applicable.

Reporting & Maintenance

Notify supervisors and relevant departments about tooling repairs or modifications, ensuring smooth production operations. Maintain die spreadsheets and track inventory.

Flexibility & Teamwork

Collaborate with supervisors, machine operators, and other team members to ensure tooling readiness. Assist in lifting and moving heavier tools as needed. Additional duties may be assigned by management.

What You’ll Need To Be Successful

Experience: High school diploma or GED required. Prior experience in tooling or manufacturing preferred. 6 months' experience as a Press and Finishing Department. 6 months' experience in the Die Cutter or Flexo Operator.

Material Handling: Ability to lift and move heavy dies and plates (up to 50 lbs regularly, up to 100 lbs occasionally). Forklift certification may be required.

Quality Control: Strong attention to detail in inspecting and handling tooling.

Production Monitoring: Ability to track and document tooling inventory accurately.

Skills: Must be able to read and follow written instructions, use measuring tools, and apply basic math for measurements and calculations.

Physical Requirements: Regular standing, walking, reaching, stooping, kneeling, and lifting. Must have good vision, including depth perception and color recognition.

Certifications: May require a Lift Truck Operator License.

Work Environment: Exposure to moving machinery, loud noise, airborne particles, and varying temperatures. May require working at heights or in humid conditions.

Pay & Schedule

• Shift/Hours: Monday – Friday 5:00AM – 1:00PM
• Pay Rate: $18.00/hr.