The Tooling Manager will manage the design team, process tool orders in the Hitchiner enterprise system (IQMS), and ensure the timely completion of tooling designs, builds, reworks, and cleanings. By attending daily plant GEMBA and planning meetings, the Tooling Manager will prioritize organizational needs and maintain tool room equipment with a focus on safety and operational efficiency.
Major Responsibilities and Relevant Factors in Evaluating Performance:
1. Coordinate and manage the personnel of the US Operations main tool room and satellite tool room locations in the plants to support manufacturing operations.
2. Manage the design team personnel, design schedule, insource verses out source, approving and assigning PLM tool orders in the Hitchiner enterprise system IQMS.
3. Provide tooling designs, builds, rework and cleanings in support of operations in order to help meet Hitchiner customer commitments for on-time delivery.
4. Meet the needs of multiple plants by understanding the needs of the organization most critical to least critical by attending the daily plant GEMBA meetings and other planning meetings
5. Manage and maintain tool room equipment, with focus on safety. Understand equipment capacity, capabilities and constraints and add equipment and personnel as needed to meet increased demand
6. Manage the design and build PLM tool work order process in the Hitchiner enterprise system by approving and or assigning the work orders with due dates and following up to include outside vendors
7. Provide technical support for efficient troubleshooting / problem solving activities and tooling repair to maximize efficiencies and minimize downtime
