Nut Form Manager

Job Location:

SANTA CLARITA, CA 91530
Education Level: Not Specified
Salary Range: $ - $ Salary/year
Job Shift: Day

Department:
Machine Shop

The Nut Form Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, performance, and continuous improvement of the Nut Form Department. This position oversees all aspects of department operations, including production planning, employee supervision, tooling management, process optimization, quality performance, safety compliance, and equipment utilization. The Nut Form Manager provides both technical expertise and hands-on leadership to ensure production goals, quality standards, and customer delivery requirements are consistently achieved.

This role requires extensive experience with multi-station nut forming and cold forming equipment, as well as the ability to troubleshoot complex forming, tooling, and production issues.

The Nut Form Manager is responsible for developing and mentoring operators and setup personnel, improving machine efficiency, reducing scrap and downtime, and driving operational excellence throughout the department.

A key responsibility of this position is the strategic management of tooling requirements, including forecasting tooling needs based on production demand, maintaining tooling readiness, and ensuring the timely procurement of new and replacement tooling.

• Direct and manage the daily operations of the Nut Form Department.
• Supervise, train, coach, and evaluate Nut Former Operators, Setup Personnel, and other assigned employees.
• Manage production schedules and priorities to ensure customer requirements, delivery commitments, and production goals are achieved.
• Coordinate machine setups, changeovers, and staffing assignments to maximize machine utilization and throughput.
• Monitor departmental performance through production, efficiency, scrap, downtime, and quality metrics.
• Ensure compliance with company safety policies, procedures, environmental regulations, and housekeeping standards.
• Conduct regular team meetings and communicate departmental goals, performance expectations, and operational updates.
• Partner with Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Tooling, and Production Planning teams to support manufacturing objectives.

• Provide technical guidance and troubleshooting support for complex nut forming and cold forming processes.
• Troubleshoot difficult forming, tooling, machine, and quality issues to minimize downtime and maintain production schedules.
• Review blueprints, job orders, tooling requirements, and product specifications to ensure compliance with customer and engineering requirements.
• Monitor machine performance and implement corrective actions to improve efficiency, quality, and reliability.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on productivity, setup reduction, process capability, equipment utilization, quality improvement, and waste reduction.
• Support new product introductions, tooling trials, process validation activities, and manufacturing development projects.

• Take full ownership of the department's tooling requirements and overall tooling strategy.
• Review current and future production backlogs to identify tooling requirements well in advance of scheduled production.
• Monitor tooling inventory levels, tooling condition, and tooling life to ensure readiness for production demands.
• Coordinate the timely procurement of new and replacement tooling to prevent production delays.
• Work closely with the Tooling Department to improve tooling availability, performance, and cost effectiveness.
• Establish and maintain processes for tracking tooling usage, maintenance needs, and replacement schedules.
• Analyze tooling performance and implement improvements to extend tooling life, reduce costs, and improve part quality.

• Collaborate with the Tooling Department to expand the company's capability to manufacture nut form tooling in-house.
• Identify tooling components and products that can realistically and economically be produced internally.
• Support the development of processes, equipment, and standards necessary for successful in-house tooling production.
• Help reduce dependency on external tooling suppliers by improving internal tooling capabilities.
• Work to shorten tooling lead times, improve responsiveness to production requirements, and enhance tooling quality and cost control.

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