Tooling Coordinator

Tooling Coordinator

Monday to Friday: 6am to 3:30pm, with possible OT daily/every other weekend

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.

Why You'll Love Working at Hood Container

• Competitive Pay & Benefits: Competitive starting pay, quarterly bonus, & full benefits
• Career Growth: Ongoing training and advancement opportunities
• Team-Oriented Culture: Your expertise is respected and valued
• Stable, Growing Industry: Nationwide leader in corrugated packaging

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

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.

Our goal is to have a diverse and representative workforce, at all job levels, of the citizens and customers we serve. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.

Hood Container Corporation is a family-owned, Mill to Market company, specializing in containerboard and kraft paper, corrugated boxes, high graphic displays, and contract packaging. Our commitment to customer happiness, employee well-being, environmental stewardship, and operational excellence drives our business. Over the last decade, Hood Container Corporation has grown to become one of the top ten Paper and Packaging Companies in the United States.