Tool Room Supervisor

ASSA ABLOY • Denison, TX

92d

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, Trouble shooting 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.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to use lean six sigma tools to correct tooling and production problems.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret technical drawings, technical procedures, etc.
• Ability to write summary reports, professional business correspondence, and instruction procedures.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, suppliers, and customers.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of information in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

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-sources 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.
• Plan and implement corrective actions for reoccurring problems with the tools.
• Analyze tooling related production problems and take 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.
• Assist tool makers to rebuild the tools with quality and productivity issues.
• Specify, recommend, and deliver data to the Tool Crib Lead to perform required spare component setup activities for new product spare tooling.
• Plan and implement new tools in support of new product introduction and productivity projects.
• Participate in new tool design reviews by providing input to ensure successful tooling build and implementation.
• Develop tools for prototype parts for new product design evaluation.
• Understand and implement successful APQP for tool qualification process.
• Assist tool makers in setting up and debug new tools.
• Specify, recommend, and perform required spare component setup activities for new product spare tooling.
• Leader of continuous improvement efforts for tool room stamping area.
• Show year over year improvement in total output, quality, and service level.
• Review new product releases, engineering changes, and deviations to determine tooling, equipment, and manufacturing operations required to initiate actions to ensure compliance through production release.
• Develop and implement 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
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees