Tool maker

Responsibilities and Duties

· Progressive stamping tool operate and maintain

· Ensures tools are maintained and production-ready to support daily production requirements.

· Ensures the Tooling Support Technician team is well-organized and staffed to provide timely response to a down tool and provide tooling preventative maintenance activities.

· Ensures that tooling technicians are fully trained in safe operating practices and procedures. Ensures all forms and specified in our procedures and work instructions are always utilized and properly completed by the tooling team members. Ensures these procedures and work instructions are maintained and current.

· Schedules tool room work to optimize resource utilization and tool room equipment performance while ensuring tools are ready for production.

· Develops and maintains a tooling preventative maintenance program to ensure optimal tooling performance and availability for production.

· Defines and manages the tool room budget to optimize performance and minimize cost.

· Utilizes 5S as a means of driving the continuous improvement process and ensuring the tool shop is clean and well-organized. Strives to identify and eliminate waste. Utilizes visual management tools and techniques to promote best practice and minimize downtime.