Tool Room Technician

Quanex is looking for a Tool Room Technician to join our team located in Owatonna, Minnesota.

In this role, you are responsible for maintaining, repairing, and modifying metal stamping dies, jogs, and fixtures to facilitate quality production with minimum machine downtime.

We Offer You!

• Competitive Wages
• Paid Time Off & Holidays
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Dynamic Culture & People - just to name a few!

What’s attractive about this position?

• Growth Potential
• Team-Oriented Environment
• Ability to Make an Impact
• Quarterly Bonus Potential

What Success Looks Like:

• Overhaul, repair, and reassemble dies and molds to meet production standards and operating schedules; sharpen punches and dies, make and/or replace defective parts, correct timing and eliminate other operating problems with countersinks, springs, and plungers.
• Troubleshoot die breakdowns or other operating quality problems in production.
• Modify and debug new metal tooling so they function properly in the machines and produce the desired quality of parts at the appropriate production speeds.
• Operate a variety of machinist tools and inspection equipment, including surface grinders, milling machines, lathes, drill presses, saws, micrometers, surface plates, and gauge blocks in a safe manner.
• Coordinate and collaborate with different teams to ensure seamless operations.

What You Bring:

• High School Diploma or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Minimum of two years’ experience in a tool room or currently enrolled in a Vo-Tech program.
• Working knowledge of metal stamping dies, die casting tools, and the machines the dies are mounted in as a basis for performing proper maintenance duties.

The hourly salary for this position is $26.00 per hour and will be determined based on experience. 2nd & 3rd shifts will receive an additional $2.50 per hour.

About Quanex, A Part of Something Bigger

Quanex (NYSE: NX) is a global, publicly traded manufacturing company primarily serving OEMs in the fenestration, cabinetry, solar, refrigeration, and outdoor products markets. We are A Part of Something Bigger by improving the performance and aesthetics of end products through continuous innovation, helping customers achieve greater production efficiencies, dedication to giving back to communities where we operate, producing shareholder value, and helping our employees learn, grow, and thrive.

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