About this role
Job Characteristics:
- MS Office, Solidworks, MiniTab
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
- Project management skills and the ability to prioritize workload of subordinates to align with company initiatives
- Ability to work under pressure and continuously meet deadlines
- Strong mechanical aptitude in order to offer technical direction in all engineering areas
- Requires extensive technical knowledge in CAD based product design and engineering design methods
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead toolroom expansion initiatives including equipment acquisition, facility layout, utilities, workflow design, and future capacity planning
- Develop optimized manufacturing flow from raw material through completed tool build
- Manage all internal tool build activities from quote approval through tool qualification
- Define space requirements for machining, EDM, assembly, inspection, maintenance, and tool storage
- Support leadership in creating the tooling strategy required to achieve APP's long-term growth objectives
- Evaluate new technologies and manufacturing methods that improve tool build speed, quality, and cost
- Establish management systems for tracking tooling progress
- Remove bottlenecks impacting tool delivery
- Drive reduced tool lead times through standardized build practices
- Balance workload across personnel and equipment resources
- Forecast staffing, equipment, and resource requirements to meet forecasted workload
- Establish realistic tool build schedules and plans
- Develop standardized work instructions and best practices
- Create scalable processes capable of supporting future growth
- Support recruiting efforts for toolmakers, machinists, designers, and apprentices
- Lead, mentor, develop, and retain toolroom personnel
- Build a culture of accountability, ownership, teamwork, and continuous improvement
- Follow the standards of ISO 13485 and ISO 9001 International Standards
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Requirements:
- Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Tool & Die, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Technology, or related field
- 10+ years tooling experience in mold building, tool design, machining, or tooling operations
- 5+ years leadership experience in tooling or manufacturing environment
- Experience building molds for injection molding or equivalent precision manufacturing
- Experience developing tooling processes and managing multiple tool build projects simultaneously
- Experience with capital equipment justification and implementation