At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a skilled team in managing tooling production and development.
- Company: Join a leading engineering and manufacturing business with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career growth, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities to work on cutting-edge technologies.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by driving continuous improvement in tooling processes.
- Qualifications: Experience in toolmaking and strong leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 33750 - 41250 £ per year.
Proactive are currently recruiting for a Toolroom Manager to join an established engineering and manufacturing business. As a Toolroom Manager, you'll lead a skilled team of toolmakers and trainees, managing workloads, resources and production requirements while ensuring tooling is delivered to the required quality, cost and timescales.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the day-to-day activities of the Toolroom, including the development and support of skilled engineering personnel.
- Manage workloads, resources, deadlines and priorities to ensure customer and production requirements are achieved.
- Oversee the development and manufacture of new tooling from initial concept through to commissioning.
- Manage tooling development, modifications, repairs and ongoing maintenance.
- Ensure tooling and associated work meet required standards for quality, efficiency and on-time delivery.
- Establish effective preventative and predictive maintenance programmes to maximise tooling availability and minimise downtime.
- Manage labour and machine capacity to maximise efficiency and minimise lost production time.
- Monitor departmental performance against agreed targets, KPIs and operational objectives.
- Identify opportunities to improve tooling processes, equipment, capacity and capability.
- Research and support the introduction of new toolmaking technologies, equipment and processes.
- Work closely with manufacturing, production planning, sales and other departments to ensure tooling requirements are understood and delivered.
- Monitor tooling performance and investigate variations, quality issues and production problems.
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement, teamwork, collaboration and accountability within the Toolroom.
Personal skills:
- Proven experience within a Toolroom, Toolmaking or engineering management environment.
- Strong people management and leadership experience, particularly within a highly skilled technical team.
- Experience managing workloads, resources and competing priorities within a manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of tooling manufacture, development, repair and maintenance.
- Experience with progression press tooling would be advantageous.
- Good knowledge of Toolroom equipment such as Wire EDM, grinding, milling and turning.
- Experience managing projects and coordinating resources to achieve defined outcomes.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to analyse complex technical information and provide clear direction.
- Experience working with highly skilled technical personnel and managing diverse teams.
- Knowledge or experience of 3D CAD/design software such as SolidWorks or similar would be advantageous.
Toolroom Manager employer: Proactive Global
Join a dynamic team where your hard work and dedication as a Goods In Operative will be truly valued. Our company fosters a supportive work culture that prioritises employee growth, offering training and development opportunities to help you advance in your career. Located in a vibrant area, we provide a rewarding environment with competitive benefits, ensuring that every team member feels appreciated and motivated to contribute to our success.
