Tooling Engineering Manager

Tooling Engineering Manager

Requisition

Date:

May 15, 2026

Tempe, AZ, US, 85288

Engineering

At West, we’re a dedicated team that is connected by a purpose to improve patient lives that has been at the center of our Company for more than a century. Our story began when Herman O. West solved the problem of supplying penicillin in mass quantities to the US Government during World War 2. Through our work to deliver thousands of life‑saving and life‑enhancing injectable medicines to millions of patients daily, West’s indelible mark on the healthcare industry has just begun.

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There’s no better place to join an inclusive community of professionals with opportunities for lifelong learning, growth and development. Supported by benefit programs, we empower the physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our team members and their families.

We believe in giving back to help those in need in the communities where we live and work. And are equally committed to creating a healthier environment and planet through our sustainability efforts.

Responsible to lead and drive continuous improvement, solve tooling and personnel problems, manage, mentor and lead Tooling engineers, toolroom lead and mold makers’ team while promoting a positive, safe, and productive work environment. Adheres to West development standards, including projects requiring minimum standards of control and review of the customer.

• Provides direct supervision, resolves personnel issues, writes performance evaluations and determines direct reports compensation, within proper guidelines. Responsible for the hiring, terminating and disciplinary process for tooling team.

• Develops and maintains standard operating procedures to assure efficient and proper operation/production of all tooling.

• Provides adequate information, documentation, and training on all new and/or existing tooling and equipment and provides technical support to other departments as necessary.

• Daily hands‑on leadership, decisive response to issues, root cause analysis, problem solving, troubleshooting, teaching and process improvement.

• Hands‑on engineering, such as reverse engineering, simple assembly and machining work, component testing and failure analysis.

• Support engineering, quality, planning, scheduling to meet production numbers and on‑time delivery.

• Achieve Safety, Quality, Delivery and Productivity measures with responsibility for operational KPIs.

• Managing internal and external resources to meet the technical requirements of the project, such as outside vendors, and management of techs and/or interns.

• Prepare detailed technical reports and design documentation in compliance with the Innovation Group’s internal development process

• Help maintain West’s digital database of product concepts and CAD models

• Work with HSE manager to help improve safety, reliability, and effective use of equipment.

• Leveraging internal and external resources to solving complex problems

• Managing of projects using good engineering principles and techniques

• Support the management of external engineering and design resources with appropriate interaction with their technical teams

• Reviews with technical managers processing and tooling issues and ensures appropriate plans are initiated to correct them.

• Institutes and insures implementation of training programs to ensure personnel are proficient in performance of assigned duties.

• Prepares quotes and/or budgets for acquisition/repairing of production or new tooling.

• Manage tooling Vendors.

• Reviews all tooling requests for justification and compliance to Quote; ensures requests are reviewed for correct posting of charges, West and Customer.

• Safeguard samples, confidential information, and personnel records.

• Manages all production tooling and introduction of new production tooling in the manufacturing environment for the facility.

• Provides a “Customer Service” attitude when interacting with internal and external customers while accomplishing work, production, and achieving quality standards.

• Maintains a clean, orderly, and safe…