Tool Room Supervisor

Assa Abloy • Denison, TX

106d

About The Position

Coordinates and supervises tool repair, tool build and tool modification activities in the tool room stamping area. Provides tooling support for day-to-day production and strategically through quality and productivity improvement projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent related experience.
• 5-10 years' experience in a leadership role.
• 5-10 years' experience in Progressive Stamping Tool Design, Troubleshooting and Stamping Manufacturing environment working with Tool Makers and Production Operators.
• Proficiency in the use of CAD software: Autocad, SolidWorks or Creo.
• Lean Manufacturing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establishes goals, coaches, supervises, and implements plans to motivate workers to achieve work goals.
• Works closely with production supervisors, quality, and planning to establish priorities and assign resources accordingly with the main goal of reducing machine downtime, supporting production and improved productivity for production.
• Prioritizes and schedules jobs in new tooling to meet department goal of new tooling and rework of the tooling.
• Evaluates outsourced/in-sourced jobs in the tool room to maximize productivity in production as well as new tooling output.
• Analyzes and resolves work problems and assists workers in solving work problems.
• Plans and implements corrective actions for reoccurring problems with the tools.
• Analyzes tooling related production problems and takes corrective action to ensure production of quality parts.
• Supervises other tooling personnel to execute improvement to quality, productivity, and reliability through design of new tools or modification of existing tools.
• Assists tool makers to rebuild the tools with quality and productivity issues.
• Specifies, recommends, and delivers data to the Tool Crib Lead to perform required spare component setup activities for new product spare tooling.
• Plans and implements new tools in support of new product introduction and productivity projects.
• Participates in new tool design reviews by providing input to ensure successful tooling build and implementation.
• Develops tools for prototype parts for new product design evaluation.
• Understands and implements successful APQP for tool qualification process.
• Assists tool makers in setting up and debugging new tools.
• Specifies, recommends, and performs required spare component setup activities for new product spare tooling.
• Leads continuous improvement efforts for tool room stamping area.
• Shows year over year improvement in total output, quality, and service level.
• Reviews new product releases, engineering changes, and deviations to determine tooling, equipment, and manufacturing operations required to initiate actions to ensure compliance through production release.
• Develops and implements new tool setup, repair specifications, and preventive maintenance specifications for production and tooling repair.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Furniture, Home Furnishings, Electronics, and Appliance Retailers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree