Casting Tooling Engineering Manager

Description

The Role:

Responsible for leading HPDC Tool & Die team to improve operations by leading die build projects and day to day die sustaining activities, driving continuous improvements, and Implementing new technology, while meeting quality and safety standards

Responsibilities:

• Manage team of engineers and supervisors to lead all aspects of die build and maintenance
• Engineer HPDC dies to increase production output and efficiency at best possible cost.
• Lead process development and die validation activities
• Create, collect and release all required die and process documentation for use of sustaining team
• Lead Tool & Die sustaining team by focusing on best possible yield and uptime
• Create and manage Tooling budget for casting operations
• Actively manage die rebuild plan to have sufficient dies to support production
• Strive for best possible cycle time by optimization of equipment and parameters
• Lead root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions for all die related production issues
• Develop new tooling and fixtures to improve operations
• Create, track & use metrics that emphasizes safety, quality, efficiency & cost
• Partner with Castings Production Management, Maintenance, and Production to develop and execute production ramps
• Database management of models and documentation for all dies

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or related field required, Master’s Degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5-10 years of HPDC Tool & Die management experience in a production environment.
• Experience in a casting production plant with large cold chamber machines
• Experience with tooling for structural automotive components
• Experience supervising engineering teams.
• Experience resolving conflict.
• Experience in hiring and developing team members and leaders.
• Experience in Castings Production environment.
• Able to work well under pressure while managing competing demands and tight deadlines.
• Effectively communicate to all levels in the organization, including large group presentations and translate complex ideas into a simple easy to understand format.
• Foster a professional atmosphere of respect and growth.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing
• Demonstrate problem solving skills (man, method, machine, material, etc.).
• Able to effectively multitask

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Posted on : Sun, 02 Aug 2020 04:01:07 GMT