The Tooling Manager is responsible to oversee the tool engineering department's day to day activities for the plant and manage the teams workload, quote new and replacement tooling, manage outside vendors, improve tooling related downtime, reduce costs, and ensure robust tool design and maintenance.
Responsibilities
Work with management and outside vendors to establish and monitor budgets, goals, priorities, and project objectives.
Schedule and manage team activities and direct timely and effective responses to problems.
Formal problem solving: Lead tooling engineers to identify and propose solutions to manufacturing problems related to tooling.
Lead cost reduction activities as related to tooling costs, uptime, and maintenance.
Develop robust training and processes for tooling engineer's and tooling personnel's skillsets, tooling maintenance and new technology.
Qualifications
Previous experience within a tool room department
Knowledge of the design, build, and maintenance of tooling
Basic CAD abilities
Experience in managing projects and timelines
Ability to analyze and solve problems utilizing structured problem solving methodologies
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work collaboratively with multiple levels in the organization