Brake Press Setup Technician

KMC Stampings is a premier metal fabricator offering engineering and tooling expertise driven by continuous improvement. With over 115 years in southeastern WI, we still offer a family feel with a safe environment focused on providing hands on training opportunities to all employees through a progressive training program. Employees can expand their knowledge of machinery, setups, tool and dies and even engineering. Come grow with KMC Stampings!

KMC is seeking a 1st Shift Brake Press Setup Technician. This role will safely and efficiently set-up and operate a variety of brake presses, hand benders, pneumatic rollers, machining centers and other equipment to form and bend a variety of materials/parts accurately to specifications and to rate. Trains and provides guidance to new and existing employees at various levels of knowledge/experience and various position levels from production helper, operator, set-up operator, set-up technician, leads and supervision.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Set-up, adjust, and operate a variety of forming equipment including brake press, punch press , hand benders and roll forming to form, bend and punch a variety of materials. 
• Set-up bending equipment including safety equipment, dies, locating gauges, adjust ram stroke and tonnage to form materials to proper angle, radii and lengths.
• Work from drawings, specifications, patterns, or templates. Apply experience to make recommendations as they relate to part design.
• Use scale, protractor, fixed angle and radii gauges
• Verify quantity & quality of material
• Responsible for strict adherence to all company/departmental policies and procedures related to safety and conduct
• New product development to meet KMC manufacturing production standards and achieve customer quality requirements and KMC standards of workmanship
• Prototype development and production to meet customer quality and dimensional requirements using various manufacturing processes including but not limited to – laser, brake press, hand bending, punch press, machining, resistance welding, manual welding, finishing, assembly and tool design/build.
• Participation in internal and customer product and print design reviews to help define the manufacturing process for new prototypes
• Demonstrate excellent production skill & proficiency
• Contribute to quality and cost performance objectives
• Build setup and the development of tooling used to produce metal formed parts
• Collaborate openly with upstream and down team members, tool builders, production & design engineers on timelines, technical requirements and challenges encountered during the prototype process
• Define & share opportunities for optimization of a prototype product with the production engineering team 
• Willingness to cross-train and operate new fabrication equipment to develop and produce prototype and production parts

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