# Tool and Die Maker

**Company**: Ford of Canada
**Location**: Oakville
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $53.00 per hour
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

At Ford's Oakville Assembly Complex, we are expanding and retooling our vehicle operations like never before. This is more than just delivering a flawless new vehicle launch; it's an opportunity to shape the future of vehicle manufacturing in Canada.

As a Tool and Die Maker, you will directly influence the precision, quality, and efficiency of our world-class vehicles. You will adhere to all health and safety rules in compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards.

Responsibilities:

- Directly influencing the precision, quality, and efficiency of our world-class vehicles

- Adhere to all health and safety rules in compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards

- Maintain Equipment and Dies in a safe & efficient manner

- Apply exceptional craftsmanship and problem-solving skills

- Effectively maintain and troubleshoot critical tooling and dies

- Proactively collaborate with team members to anticipate and resolve complex challenges to ensure seamless production processes

- Providing troubleshooting and diagnostic excellence

- Participate in the training of Tool & Die Maker apprentices as required

- Coordinate die repair and preventative maintenance scheduling to meet job deadlines

- Generate and implement cost savings and process improvement suggestions

- Participate in problem-solving meetings to help eliminate all downtime

- Accurately enter data into the maintenance tracking system, ensuring to track time and details to allow follow-up and root cause analysis

- Assist other trades/operators as required

Qualifications:

- Has satisfactorily completed an apprenticeship training course in the trade concerned and has obtained a Certificate of Qualification (CofQ) 430A

- Must be able to work all shifts (days, afternoons, midnights) on a rotating schedule

Preferred Qualifications:

- Setup and operation of CNC Milling machines

- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative and supportive team environment

- Aluminium Stamping experience

- General knowledge of Geometric Dimension and Tolerances (GD&T) and Forming Limit Diagrams (FLD)

- Understanding and expertise in draw die forming, maintenance of beads, trim steels, and pierce operations

- Experience in:

- A fast-paced automotive heavy stamping facility

- Working in Class ‘A’ die repair

- Stick and TIG welding on castings and tool steel

- Operating hand tools, power tools, and precision measuring instruments

- Troubleshooting die issues in tandem presses & transfer presses

- Operating manual for lathes, mills, surface grinders, radial drills, and metal cutting machines

- Home line commissioning of stamping dies or tooling, performing internal try-outs, troubleshooting issues during initial run, and making necessary adjustments to meet production specifications

## Skills

### Required
- apprenticeship training course
- Certificate of Qualification (CofQ) 430A
- CNC Milling machines
- Geometric Dimension and Tolerances (GD&T)
- Forming Limit Diagrams (FLD)
- draw die forming
- stick and TIG welding
- hand tools
- power tools
- precision measuring instruments

### Nice to have
- setup and operation of CNC Milling machines
- aluminium Stamping experience
- collaborative and supportive team environment