What are the responsibilities and job description for the Tooling Coordinator position at Metalsa Career Site?
Position: Tooling Coordinator
Duties: 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.
Location: Elizabethtown, KY
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.