Tooling & Maintenance Specialist

Ball•Winter Haven, FL

11d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Tooling Specialist, you play a critical role in ensuring tooling reliability and dimensional accuracy to uphold product quality in a high-speed, continuous manufacturing environment. The Tooling Specialist is a highly skilled role focuses on maintaining, repairing, and ensuring the precision of tooling and dies, particularly for neckers and front-end (FE) equipment. With advanced mechanical expertise, the specialist perform precision machining tasks, interprets technical blueprints, plans and coordinates maintenances activities (including with external vendors), and supports major equipment rebuilds. This role also contributes to capital projects and continuous improvements initiatives aimed at minimizing downtime and maximizing tooling lifecycle and line efficiency.

Requirements

5+ Years of related experience
High School Diploma or Equivalent
Technical Qualification (Mechanics, Tool & Die, Mechatronics, or related fields)
Computers skills
Precision machining and die maintenance
Interpretation of mechanical and technical blueprints
Equipment rebuild and alignment procedures
Tool and die inventory management systems
Downtime tracking and root cause documentation
CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems) familiarity
Vendor communication and maintenance planning

Nice To Haves

Advanced Knowledge of industrial and manufacturing equipment (preferred on Necker and Front-End tooling)

Responsibilities

Ensure tooling accuracy and functionality, perform high-precision maintenance, repair, and replacement of tooling and dies to meet tolerance and quality standards
Improve tooling reliability, monitor and act on tooling performance to prevent failures and ensure consistent product quality
Interpret blueprints and machining specs, use technical drawings to guide accurate machining and tolling tasks
Support rebuilds and capital projects, contribute technical expertise to equipment rebuilds and process improvements initiatives
Coordinate maintenance activities, plan and align work with vendors and teams to minimize downtime
Reduce downtime through root cause actions, support problem-solving and continuous improvement efforts targeting equipment availability
Manage tooling inventory, track usage, wear, and replacement needs to maintain availability and performance
Follow safety and quality standards, apply safety procedures and maintain high standards in all maintenance tasks