Tool & Die Technician
FlexTrades is hiring Tool & Die Technicians for nationwide project-based assignments supporting high-volume stamping and precision tooling operations. This role is built for technicians who understand how critical well-maintained dies are to uptime, quality, and production flow. If you know how to troubleshoot issues on the press, perform full die maintenance in the tool room, and keep complex tooling running the way it should, this role fits your skill set.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and repair progressive and transfer stamping dies
- Troubleshoot die issues both in the press and in the tool room
- Perform preventive maintenance using prints, procedures, and schedules
- Inspect, assemble, disassemble, and shim die components as required
- Support production by responding to press calls and collaborating with other Tool and Die Makers
- Operate pendant-controlled overhead cranes and manual machines
- Document all work performed in Plex
Requirements
- Experience troubleshooting, maintaining, and repairing stamping dies in both press and tool room environments
- Ability to perform preventive maintenance on progressive and transfer dies and read strip layouts to diagnose and correct issues
- Experience operating pendant-controlled overhead cranes
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints and detailed die prints
- Proficient use of precision measuring tools including micrometers, calipers, indicators, and gauges
- Ability to convert between metric and standard measurements
- Experience operating manual lathes, mills, and grinders
- Ability to assemble, disassemble, and properly shim die components
- Demonstrated capability performing full die maintenance and repair beyond basic cleaning or component changes
Preferred
- TIG welding experience
- Experience working with quality inspections or CMM reports
About FlexTrades
FlexTrades is a manufacturing workforce solutions company that deploys skilled tradespeople and technical specialists to worksites across the United States. We help manufacturers stabilize production, reduce downtime, and protect tooling investments by supplying experienced professionals who are vetted and ready to contribute on day one. Our teams support automotive, aerospace, energy, medical devices, food production, fastener manufacturing, and heavy industrial operations. When tooling reliability and production uptime matter, FlexTrades delivers the expertise that keeps presses running.
