Tooling Coordinator

Hood Container Corporation

Posted 3 months ago

Full Time

Covington, Kentucky

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The Tooling Coordinator will manage printing plates, cutting dies, and ink for shift operations, ensuring materials are ready for smooth machine changeovers. Responsibilities include delivering and returning plates and dies, performing repairs, and maintaining organized storage and records.

Qualifications

You have a High School Diploma or equivalent and basic mechanical skills for making repairs with hand tools. You should be detail-oriented, able to communicate effectively, and capable of operating mobile equipment like a forklift.

Must Have Skills for ATS

printing plates

cutting dies

ink

hand tools

forklift

Job Description

The Tooling Coordinator will handle all printing plates, cutting dies, and ink for shift operation by ensuring material is ready at the machine to enable a smooth change over. 

How you will contribute:

  • Read & interpret job order information, specifications, and requirements
  • Deliver plates, dies and identification to press, ready for set-up; return same to die room on completion of run and store in good condition.
  • Perform necessary repairs on dies before storage.
  • Keeping plates press ready, including premounting, remounting, and making necessary changes to mounted plates.
  • Keeping storage area organized.
  • Maintaining printing plate and cutting die records; check plates for accuracy when received.
  • Checking orders for discrepancies and assuring that proper ink is available.

 What it takes:

  • High School Diploma or Equivalent 
  • Attention to detail and ability to recognize minor discrepancies or deviation 
  • Effective communication skills (oral & written)
  • Basic Mechanical skills to make repairs using hand tools
  • Experience working in a manufacturing environment preferred
  • Ability to use and read a ruler/tape-measure 
  • Ability to operate mobile equipment, experience operating a forklift preferred 
  • Willing & able to lift and/or push up to 50 lbs 
  • Willing & able to work overtime and weekends as needed

Hood Container Corporation

We are a national packaging solutions company with integrated mill-to-market capabilities. A safe and sustainable partner that supports our customers through our Paper Mills, Corrugated Products, Consumer Solutions, and Packaging Services capabilities. We are here to make a material difference to people, products, processes, and our planet. It’s not just what we make…it’s what we’re made of. Our people. Our culture. Our mindset. Our way of working together.
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