Tooling Manager

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Manufacturing Engineering Full Time Professional Assaria, KS, US

Great Plains Manufacturing, a Kubota company, is seeking a Die & Tooling Manager to provide strategic and operational leadership for Advanced Tooling and Manufacturing Operations. This role leads tooling, fixture design and fabrication, prototype shop support, material handling solutions, special manufacturing projects, and the development of scalable operating systems that improve visibility, accountability, responsiveness, and resource utilization.

The position supports engineering and manufacturing needs across GP AG, Land Pride Implements, and CE product groups, reports to the Senior Engineering Manager, and balances daily shop execution with long-term department development.

Strategic Leadership

Develop and execute the strategic vision for Advanced Tooling and Manufacturing Operations. Build department capability, establish priorities and performance expectations, lead implementation of the non-current and emergency parts function, and align resources with enterprise engineering, manufacturing, service parts, and business needs.

• Lead Advanced Tooling and Manufacturing Operations, including tooling, fixtures, prototypes, material handling equipment, and special manufacturing work.
• Manage daily department operations, project priorities, schedules, resources, budgets, and personnel.
• Develop department goals, operating standards, capacity plans, and continuous improvement priorities that support safety, quality, responsiveness, cost effectiveness, and scalability.
• Implement processes for low-volume, non-current, and emergency parts manufacturing, including work intake, prioritization, material control, communication, and escalation.
• Coordinate priorities across GP AG, Land Pride Implements, and CE product groups while maintaining visibility to capacity, tradeoffs, schedule impact, and business risk.
• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Materials, Quality, Service Parts, Validation, and Customer Support to resolve constraints and execute business-critical work.
• Establish workflow governance for intake, ownership, required information, status updates, time tracking, returned-work loops, escalation, and closure standards.
• Develop performance metrics, dashboards, and management reviews for workload, project aging, response time, capacity, quality, and execution performance.
• Lead, coach, and develop department personnel while planning staffing, training, and resource allocation for current demand and future growth.
• Communicate project status, resource constraints, priorities, and execution risks to engineering and business leadership.
• Follow all Great Plains and OSHA safety regulations and wear prescribed safety and protective equipment.
• Other duties may be assigned that require additional qualifications, physical demands, and/or work environment.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, or a related technical field preferred; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 5+ years of progressive leadership experience in tooling, manufacturing, engineering operations, prototype development, production support, or a related technical environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead strategic process implementation while managing daily operational execution across multiple product lines or business priorities.
• Experience with tooling, fixtures, material handling equipment, prototype builds, low-volume manufacturing, or…