Tooling Coordinator
Metalsa Structural Products Inc
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Job overview
Metalsa Structural Products Inc is hiring a Tooling Coordinator. The Tooling Coordinator oversees skilled toolmakers and ensures the flawless functioning of the tool room. This role leads a proficient team specializing in progressive and transfer die operations, leveraging expertise in Destacker processes, progressive transfer, blanking, and Rollform to optimize die performance. The coordinator maintains tooling indicators, establishes continuous improvement programs, and implements maintenance routines for dies.
Key focus areas include Oversee skilled toolmakers and ensure flawless functioning of the tool room, Lead a proficient team specialized in progressive and transfer die operations, and Maintain up-to-date tooling indicators and establish follow-up programs for continuous improvement.
Successful candidates bring Bachelor's Degree, Industrial Engineering Degree, and Mechanical Engineering Degree. Important skills include Equipment Evaluations, Maintenance And Reliability Programs, Initiating Improvements To Tooling Processes, Planning Improvements To Tooling Processes, and Designing Improvements To Tooling Processes. Preferred (not required): Progressive Die Operations, Transfer Die Operations, Destacker Processes, and Progressive Transfer.
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Experience Required
3 years of experience in the job offered, or in a tooling engineering and/or maintenance engineering position within the automotive chassis frame industry. Experience must include conducting equipment evaluations and develop appropriate maintenance and reliability programs. Must have hands-on experience initiating, planning and designing improvements to current tooling processes to ensure safety, quality, customer satisfaction, and productivity. Experience can be gained concurrently. Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experience.
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Compensation
$
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Job Description
Responsible for overseeing skilled toolmakers and ensuring the flawless functioning of the tool room. Lead a proficient team specialized in progressive and transfer die operations, leveraging expertise in Destacker processes, progressive transfer, blanking, and Rollform to optimize die performance. Maintain up-to-date tooling indicators and establish follow-up programs for continuous improvement, aiming to reduce overtime, scrap, and downtime. Implement maintenance routines for each die, optimizing tool room resources. Provide training to toolmakers on maintenance tasks and support the department in various projects, including drawing checks. Ensure compliance with ISO TS standards and be audit-ready, taking the lead in implementing 5S practices in the department. Coordinate with the tool room manager on updates, new projects, and urgent requisitions. Ensure 100% quality by managing and monitoring the manpower plan, die protection plan, and preventive maintenance compliance. Effectively coordinate the production plan, prioritize activities in the tooling area, and implement the QDC (Quality, Delivery, Cost) program and engineering changes. Organize priorities and assign activities in the tooling area, carrying out the maintenance plan and tool improvement plan. Oversee tool maker assignments across shifts to optimize execution efficiency. Collaborate with other tooling supervisors to ensure the seamless progression of ongoing work in the shop and adhere to the production schedule. Identify critical spare parts required, request them through the system, and ensure their availability. Keep the team motivated and accountable during assigned shifts, providing necessary resources for executing preventive and corrective maintenance. Perform other duties/responsibilities at the Elizabethtown, KY facility, as needed.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering, or related discipline.
Experience: 3 years of experience in the job offered, or in a tooling engineering and/or maintenance engineering position within the automotive chassis frame industry. Experience must include conducting equipment evaluations and develop appropriate maintenance and reliability programs. Must have hands-on experience initiating, planning and designing improvements to current tooling processes to ensure safety, quality, customer satisfaction, and productivity. Experience can be gained concurrently. Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experience.
Job Type
Full time
Industry
Manufacturing
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
35016
Application Instructions
Please send cover letter and resume to:
Metalsa
Attn: HR Specialist #21
29575 Hudson Drive
Novi, MI 48377
No phone calls, please.
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