Tool Crib Attendant
About The Position
The Tool Crib Attendant oversees the cutting tool room and personnel responsible for sharpening cutting tools for CNC milling machines, manufacturing and modifying cutting tools, and balancing holders. The role supervises the grinding room and the kitting of cutting tools and holders for specific job part numbers, ensuring tools and holders are maintained to meet production and maintenance requirements. The position oversees purchasing new cutting tools, setscrew holders, and shrink-fit holders, and seeks to reduce costs through adoption of cutter technology and coatings that improve cutting performance and tool life. It supports quality and production through cutting-tool maintenance and improvement, ensures employee conformance with established procedures and Arden Engineering’s Quality Policy and customer engineering specifications, and maintains a clean, organized, and safe workplace. This supervisor has authority over most day-to-day group operations and relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. The role involves varied tasks, creativity, and latitude, and typically reports to upper management. Other duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience with cutting-tool grinding and sharpening and balancing cutting-tool holders.
- Working knowledge of blueprints, QC standards, tolerances, setup requirements, cutting-tool design, and tool-holding technology.
- Knowledge of machine-shop tools and equipment, including proficiency in their setup and operation.
- Good communication skills and work habits.
- Ability to interpret prints.
- Knowledge of metric tolerances.
- Standard safety training.
- Familiarity with concepts, practices, and procedures across several fields.
Responsibilities
- Oversee selection and ordering of cutting tools and holders.
- Oversee fabrication and sharpening of cutting tools.
- Oversee cutting-tool setup and balancing of cutting tools in holders.
- Supervise the cutting tool grinding room and kitting of cutting tools and holders for specific job part numbers.
- Maintain cutting tools and holders to meet production and maintenance requirements.
- Oversee purchasing of cutting tools, setscrew holders, and shrink-fit holders.
- Reduce costs by purchasing cutter technology and coatings that improve cutting performance and tool life.
- Maintain and improve quality and production through cutting-tool maintenance and improvements.
- Ensure employees follow established procedures, Arden Engineering’s Quality Policy, and customer engineering specifications.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safe workplace.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
