Tooling Technician - 2nd or 3rd Shift

About the Role

Maintain and troubleshoot assembly fixtures, performing preventative and predictive maintenance on all installed equipment to minimize downtime keeping safety as a priority. Provide training and technical support to assembly and maintenance team members.

Your Responsibilities

• Know and understand Bowling Green Metalforming Quality and Environmental policies.
• Follows and supports and Magna’s operating principles
• Maintain assembly lines and other tooling to improve processes resulting in increased productivity and quality parts.
• Monitor and maintain good housekeeping.
• Tig and Mig welding and hand working parts of assembly line (heat treat of materials).
• Establish and maintain communication with team members and other departments.
• Ensure spare parts requirements and maintain correct inventory levels.
• Maintain accurate documentation.
• Recommend modifications to existing equipment. 
• Monitor spare parts requirements to continuously improve process.
• Maintain accurate documentation resulting in shared knowledge of issues and lessons learned.
• Train and support assembly team members and lesser advanced Tool & Die team members.
• Ensure equipment meets NEC, OSHA, and Magna regulations.
• Perform PM inspections as required, complete with all repairs.
• Minimize downtime by effective use of resources including response time, technical expertise, tools, spare parts and external contacts.
• Support continuous improvement and lean manufacturing processes.
• Maintain and troubleshoot Cognex camera and Perceptron.
• Perform other duties as required.

(This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties to be performed in this position. Team members will be required to follow any other job related instructions or to perform other job duties requested by their leader)

Who we are looking for

Education and/or Experience:

• High School diploma or GED
• Post-secondary education or related experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to use all tool room equipment and measuring tools
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Must have a good understanding of assembly line operations and functions
• Ability to weld and restore tooling to original condition
• Must be willing to work extended or flexible hours as needed
• Must have basic knowledge of drafting (blueprint reading, dimension drawings, etc.)
• Must be adaptable to change 
• Must be able to provide own tools
• Computer skills; proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel preferred
• Minimum of 1 year experience in a manufacturing environment 

These qualifications represent the minimum requirements of the position. Team members will be required to possess the ability and aptitudes to perform the duties proficiently.

Your preferred qualifications

• Completed apprenticeship program in tool and die

What we offer

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

Site Benefits

• 2nd Shift premium: $1.00
• 3rd Shift premium: $0.75
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401K - matching
• Paid vacation
• Paid holidays
• Employee profit sharing
• Employee appreciation events
• On-site cafeterias

Awareness. Unity. Empowerment.

At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.