Month
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Day
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Year
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August
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21
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2025
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Job Title
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Job Code
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Grade
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Tool & Die Maker
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098
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11
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Department Name
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Reports to
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85 - Tool Room
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Maintenance Supervisor
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General Statement of Responsibilities: Set up and operate various machine tools including but not limited to Lathes, Mills, Drills, Saws and Surface Grinders, etc. to produce required product from prints, samples, and sketches, etc. Specific Duties:
- Reviews prints in order to plan sequence of operations required for job.
- Selects proper materials to be used including type of steel, machines, tooling, gauging
instruments, etc.
- Performs setup and operates each machine tool required to produce the part to proper
specifications or to grinding allowances if product is to require grinding.
- Uses various types of gauging and measuring instruments in order to check and
dimensionally verify the part being used.
- Assists in the design, manufacture and development of new tools or processes working
closely with Engineering and other department personnel.
- Troubleshoots and develops corrective actions for tooling or process related problems
on production floor.
- Performs all required paperwork and record keeping.
- Understands and operates according to TS16949 work instructions for area.
- Participate in process improvement and assists in the development of new tooling or processes working closely with engineering and other employees.
- Maintain housekeeping in the department in order to facilitate a neat, safe, and orderly work environment.
- Has the responsibility and authority to prevent non-conformances relating to product, process, and quality systems including stopping production when suspect product is being run. Job specific authority and responsibilities for quality are defined in the work instructions for that job/department.
- Perform all other duties as assigned by a supervisor or management representative. Assist management as appropriate, to ensure all environmental and safety regulations as well as best practices are met and/or exceeded. Ensure the proper segregation and labeling of all waste products and recyclables and ensure waste minimization is practiced wherever possible. Adhere to all plant safety rules.
Position Requirements:
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- Must have completed and provide evidence of having completed an approved apprenticeship program or have a minimum of 8 years' experience and be able to provide evidence of such
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- Ability to work all shifts
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- Ability to work overtime when necessary.
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Experience:
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- Should have a variety of experience in the tool & die trade.
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- Knowledge and use of precision gauging equipment.
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- Setup, troubleshoot and operate in minimum time.
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- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
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Skills:
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- Blueprint reading
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- Possess good degree of skill in communicating with superiors, subordinates, and other department personnel.
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- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and working knowledge of trigonometry.
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- Knowledge and use of precision gauging equipment.
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- Setup, troubleshoot and operate in minimum time.
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Other Job Requirements:
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- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Must be in good health and possess the abilities to stand, sit, bend, twist, push, pull as may be required to perform the task at hand. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
- The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds unassisted.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
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Tenneco Inc.
Aug 25, 2025