Tooling Coordinator

Axis Pipe and Tube Inc•Bryan, TX

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Toolroom Coordinator oversees Tool Room operations, ensuring tooling reliability, supporting production, and driving continuous improvement. This role involves supervising toolroom employees, developing preventive maintenance schedules, responding to tooling failures, and maintaining tooling records. The coordinator will also focus on improving tooling life, reducing setup times, and ensuring compliance with safety standards.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, or a related field; or equivalent experience.
5+ years of tool room experience in manufacturing, including 2+ years in a leadership role.
Strong knowledge of tooling, machining, blueprint reading, and precision measuring instruments.
Experience troubleshooting tooling issues and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and computer skills in a manufacturing environment.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English to perform job and safety responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Supervise toolroom employees, assign daily work, prioritize repairs, and ensure tooling is available to support production.
Develop and execute preventive maintenance schedules for dies, rolls, fixtures, mandrels, gauges, slitter knives hydro seals and heads, bevellers and threading tools and tool holders, and other production tooling to minimize downtime.
Respond timely to site – wide tooling failures, identify root causes, and implement permanent corrective actions to improve equipment reliability.
Work cross-functionally to prioritize tooling work, support production schedules, and implement tooling improvements.
Maintain tooling records, identify critical spare tooling, manage inventory levels, and coordinate purchasing of replacement components.
Improve tooling life, reduce setup times, increase productivity, lower tooling costs, and support Lean Manufacturing initiatives.
Inspect repaired or newly manufactured tooling to verify it meets engineering specifications and production requirements before release.
Train employees in machining practices, safe tool handling, setup procedures, and continuous skill development while managing performance.
Ensure compliance with OSHA standards, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), PPE requirements, machine guarding, and safe operation of all tool room equipment.
Monitor KPIs and manage documentation.
Track tooling performance, maintenance history, downtime, repair costs, work orders, and tooling availability to support operational decisions.
Tooling design as needed for certain applications.

Benefits

Production Bonuses
401K Retirement Plan and 25% Company Matching
Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
Company Paid Short-Term Disability and Life Insurance Coverage
Ancillary Benefits: Long-Term Disability, Accident, Critical Illness, HSA, FSA, and More
On-Site Clinic
ZayZoon Payday
10 Paid Holidays/year
Paid Vacation Time and Bereavement Leave
Frequent Company Events and Meals
Employee Engagement Raffles and Giveaways
Yearly Birthday Recognition