Our company culture is built upon YKK’s philosophy called the CYCLE OF GOODNESS™. We believe that providing value and being fair to our customers and our employees is what makes us a successful company in return. Guided by our core values and fundamental behaviors, we strive to foster a caring company, committed employees and challenging work that benefits our employees, customers, and communities. We offer competitive compensation packages, training and advancement opportunities. YKK AP America provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package designed to provide the security they need to enjoy life at home and at work. By providing a high level of benefit coverage at a reasonable cost to the employee, we hope to foster a long and productive employment relationship. **Summary:** Identify issues and make corrections to existing dies so they perform as required. Documenting these changes so replacement die will have improved performance. + Polish / make corrections to die tooling. + Review new die designs with Dept manager recommending possible improvements. + Document corrections so it can be utilized for redesign of next die. + Review die performance history and recommend changes to design to improve performance. + Identify tooling by size, type and where it is stored + Enter data into computer system. + Understand hazards and what chemicals are used in caustic and nitride areas. + Identify defects on die bearings and technique to repair them. + Understand metal flow in a die and techniques to change it. + Read section prints and inspect extrusions to the print **Essential Duties and Responsibilities:** + Ability to properly use and understand measuring equipment and tools. + Proper operation of mill machine, die press, sandblaster, and caustic system. + Compiles, stores, and retrieves production data for good die ratio and efficiency gains + Must have at least 5-8 Years of experience of Die Correction in the architectural product manufacturing experience. + Must have at least high school diploma or GED. ​ **Recruiter Contact:** CHRIS WOOD CHRISTINEWOOD@YKKAP.COM ​ **YKK AP America Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce.** **YKK AP America Inc. will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants.** **United States Department of Labor.** **Learn more** **(Opens in a new window)** **.** **YKK AP America Inc. participates in the E-Verify program as required by law.** **Learn more about the E-Verify program** **(Opens in a new window)** **.** **YKK AP America Inc. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can follow the process outlined below when applying for a position: Provide your name and contact information to YKK AP's Accommodations team at accommodationrequest@ykkap.com (accommodationrequest@apple.com) . Your request will be responded to as soon as possible. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.** **Employment with YKK AP America Inc. is conditioned upon successfully completing a negative drug test for the presence of illegal drugs.** **Notice on Recruitment Fraud** **At YKK AP America Inc., we do not ask for personal financial information during telephone, in-person or video interviews nor do we charge job seekers fees as part of the recruitment process. YKK AP's recruiting correspondence will be sent by a recruiting representative with @ykkap.com (https://careers.ykkap.com/) email address — not @** **gmail.com** **, @** **yahoo.com** **, @** **hotmail.com** **or any other email domain service.** **If you have concerns related to this issue, consider the following actions: 1) Place a freeze on your credit reports:** **https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0497-credit-freeze-faqs** **; 2) file a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ (https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/assistant) ; and/or 3) file a report with your local law enforcement agency immediately.**