Back to jobs Provides direct supervision, resolves personnel issues, writes performance evaluations and determines direct reports compensation, within proper guidelines. Responsible for the hiring, terminating and disciplinary process for tooling team.
Develops and maintains standard operating procedures to assure efficient and proper operation/production of all tooling.
Provides adequate information, documentation, and training on all new and/or existing tooling and equipment and provides technical support to other departments as necessary.
Daily hands-on leadership, decisive response to issues, root cause analysis, problem solving, troubleshooting, teaching and process improvement.
Hands-on engineering, such as reverse engineering, simple assembly and machining work, component testing and failure analysis.
Support engineering, quality, planning, scheduling to meet production numbers and on-time delivery.
Achieve Safety, Quality, Delivery and Productivity measures with responsibility for operational KPIs.
Managing internal and external resources to meet the technical requirements of the project, such as outside vendors, and management of techs and/or interns.
Prepare detailed technical reports and design documentation in compliance with the Innovation Group’s internal development process
Help maintain West’s digital database of product concepts and CAD models
Work with HSE manager to help improve safety, reliability, and effective use of equipment.
Leveraging internal and external resources to solving complex problems
Managing of projects using good engineering principles and techniques
Support the management of external engineering and design resources with appropriate interaction with their technical teams
Reviews with technical managers processing and tooling issues and ensures appropriate plans are initiated to correct them.
Institutes and insures implementation of training programs to ensure personnel are proficient in performance of assigned duties.
Prepares quotes and/or budgets for acquisition/repairing of production or new tooling.
Manage tooling Vendors.
Reviews all tooling requests for justification and compliance to Quote; ensures requests are reviewed for correct posting of charges, West and Customer.
Safeguard samples, confidential information, and personnel records.
Manages all production tooling and introduction of new production tooling in the manufacturing environment for the facility.
Provides a “Customer Service” attitude when interacting with internal and external customers while accomplishing work, production, and achieving quality standards.
Maintains a clean, orderly, and safe workstation and environment at all times.
Performs other duties as assigned based on business needs.
Conforms with and abides by all regulations, policies, work procedures, instruction, and all safety rules.
