Tooling Supervisor

TITLE:

Tooling Supervisor

REPORTS TO:

Engineering Manager

CLASS:

DEPARTMENT: 725

SHIFT: 1st

• Supports manufacturing by ensuring all dies (and related tooling) are kept in a state of readiness.
• Coordinate die reworks with Production Planning, Product Engineering, and Tool Shops.
• Supervise toolroom personnel – do reviews, provide training, provide leadership for all tool shop personnel.
• Develop new methodologies in tooling construction and maintenance to reduce die downtime and provide better quality – leading to improved yields through the process.
• Ensure adherence to applicable quality systems (SOP’s).
• Provide key inputs to troubleshoot setters, core dies and fixture designs on reworks.
• Provide build letters for new tool design and construction.
• Execute and maintain tooling preventative maintenance systems.
• Job well done will be measured by improvement in tooling quality (meeting inspection criteria), on-time delivery (as measured by quarterly schedule), tooling rework costs (as measured by tooling budget), and subjective evaluation of impact on scrap in the plant (first pass yields).
• Cover die setups at all facilities, as needed.
• Perform polishing of dies after chrome events on new and/or reworked dies.
• Other duties as assigned by Engineering Manager.

• Minimum 10 years experience with fabrication of airfoil injection molding tooling.
• Able to interpret airfoil casting blueprint dimensions.
• Must be able to use metrology equipment like: surface plate, height stand.
• Mechanical ability to disassemble and reassemble dies.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot tooling related problems.
• Proficient with computer-aided design (CAD) software.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.