Area Manager - Tool Room

Midway Products•North Vernon, IN

About The Position

This role involves overseeing the tool room operations, ensuring the readiness of dies and tooling for production. The Area Manager will be responsible for assigning tasks to Tool & Die makers, interpreting technical specifications, and managing preventive maintenance schedules. A key aspect of the role is to identify and implement improvements to enhance production efficiency, equipment performance, and product quality. The position also requires managing records, training staff, estimating material needs, and purchasing equipment. Additionally, the Area Manager will coordinate contract labor, monitor department performance, track employee development, schedule equipment repair, and lead new product launch activities.

Requirements

Experience in interpreting specifications and blueprints.
Experience in analyzing and resolving die/tool performance problems.
Experience in maintaining time, attendance, and production records.
Experience in training new workers and apprentices.
Experience in estimating, requisitioning, and inspecting materials.
Experience in purchasing equipment.
Experience in coordinating contract labor.
Experience in monitoring department performance.
Experience in tracking employee skills, development, versatility, and improvement.
Experience in scheduling equipment repair.
Experience in leading new product launch activities.

Responsibilities

Communicate with Production Scheduler to prepare dies and tooling for production.
Assign responsibilities to T&D makers based on production schedule requirements.
Interpret specifications and blueprints during design review.
Review and modify scheduled PM’s based on tooling and die repairs.
Recommend and implement measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, quality of product, working conditions or use of equipment or technology to increase plant efficiency and throughput.
Analyze and resolve die / tool performance problems or assist others during press calls.
Maintain time, attendance and production records, including all appropriate paperwork and tracking.
Train new workers and apprentices.
Estimate, requisition, and inspect materials.
Purchase equipment for tools or die production and tool room and job ease.
Perform other essential functions as assigned.
Coordinate contract labor including quoting and PO.
Monitor department performance for downtime, repairs, die/tool availability.
Track employee skills, development, versatility and improvement.
Schedule equipment repair.
Lead Home line Run-Off (HLRO) activity for new product preparation and launch.