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, maintaining 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 needs. The position oversees the selection and purchase of cutting tools and holders, including new cutter technologies and coatings intended to improve cutting performance and tool life while reducing costs. It supports quality and production through cutting-tool maintenance and improvements, ensures employees follow established procedures and Arden Engineering’s Quality Policy and customer engineering specifications, and maintains a clean, organized, and safe workplace. The supervisor has broad authority over day-to-day group operations, relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and achieve goals, 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, quality-control 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.
- Ability to interpret prints.
- Knowledge of metric tolerances.
- Standard safety training.
- Good communication skills and work habits.
- Familiarity with concepts, practices, and procedures across several fields.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the selection and ordering of cutting tools and holders.
- Oversee the fabrication and sharpening of cutting tools.
- Oversee cutting-tool setup and the balancing of cutting tools in holders.
- Supervise the cutting tool grinding room and the kitting of tools and holders for specific job part numbers.
- Maintain cutting tools and holders to meet production requirements and maintenance needs.
- Oversee the purchase of new cutting tools, setscrew holders, and shrink-fit holders.
- Reduce costs by purchasing cutter technologies and coatings that improve cutting performance and tool life.
- Support quality and production through cutting-tool maintenance and improvements.
- Ensure employees conform to 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
