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Position - 01

Designation: Senior Executive– Die Maintenance

Department: Tool Room / Die Maintenance

Industry: Automotive / Sheet Metal

Job Purpose To lead the die maintenance team and ensure the availability, reliability, and performance of press tools/dies by effectively managing preventive maintenance, breakdown maintenance, die troubleshooting, modifications, and continuous improvement activities.

Key Responsibilities

- Plan and execute preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance of press tools/dies.
- Ensure dies are available in valuable condition as per production requirements.
- Troubleshoot die online.
- Feeding and part ejection problems
- Carry out die inspection, repair, correction, grinding, polishing, fitting, and adjustment activities.
- Coordinate with Production, Quality, Tool Room, and Engineering teams for quick resolution of die-related problems.
- Analyze recurring die breakdowns and implement Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and corrective actions.
- Maintain die history, breakdown records, PM records, repair records, and spare-parts requirements.
- Monitor die condition and identify critical components requiring replacement or modification.
- Control and maintain die spares such as punches, dies, guide pillars, bushes, springs, lifters, sensors, and other wear components.
- Support die tryout, die setting, die modification, and improvement activities.




- Ensure proper die maintenance standards and housekeeping in the tool room.
- Drive continuous improvement to reduce:
- Die breakdowns
- Production downtime
- Maintenance cost
- Rejection/rework
- Tool life issues
- Train and develop die maintenance technicians and junior engineers.
- Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and company procedures.
- Prepare daily/weekly/monthly maintenance reports and present performance indicators to management.

Required Qualifications

- Diploma in Tool & Die Making, Production Engineering, or equivalent.
- Strong knowledge of press tools and sheet-metal dies.
- Experience in automotive sheet-metal manufacturing will be preferred.

Experience

8–12+ years of relevant experience in press tool/die maintenance, preferably in the automotive industry.

Technical Skills

- Progressive dies
- Blanking, piercing, bending and forming dies
- Die maintenance and troubleshooting
- Die setting and tryout
- Press machine fundamentals
- GD&T; and engineering drawings
- Measuring instruments
- Root Cause Analysis
- 5 Why / Fishbone
- Preventive maintenance
- Knowledge of die components and standard parts

Leadership Skills

- Team handling and manpower planning
- Shift/activity planning
- Problem-solving and decision-making
- Coordination with cross-functional team
- Training and mentoring of technicians
- Strong communication and reporting skills**

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