Manufacturing Supervisor

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise tooling technicians, including scheduling, performance management, training, and safety.
• Cook tooling cleaning, preparation, maintenance, and repair activities based on production requirements.
• Maintain a safe, organized, and efficient tooling area.
• Conduct regular tooling status meetings with Production, Process Engineering, and Maintenance teams.
• Manage tooling inventory and ensure accurate tracking of tooling availability and readiness.
• Cook tooling repairs and maintenance with external vendors.
• Track repair timelines, costs, and vendor performance.
• Manage tooling-related spare parts inventory, including seals, bearings, breaker plates, heaters, hardware, and other critical components.
• Maintain accurate records within the CMMS (Ultimo).

Continuous Improvement

• Participate in quality investigations, root cause analysis, Lean initiatives, Kaizen events, and process improvement projects.
• Develop and maintain tooling-related work instructions, specifications, drawings, testing procedures, and technical documentation.
• Lead efforts to digitize tooling records and transition manual processes to electronic systems.
• Research and evaluate new tooling technologies, suppliers, and best practices.
• Troubleshoot tooling failures and collaborate with Production and Process Engineering teams to improve tooling performance.
• Develop internal expertise in extrusion tooling and related technologies.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Mechanical Engineering or a related technical field. 3+ years of experience in tooling, maintenance, manufacturing, extrusion, metallurgy, or a related environment.
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings and technical documentation.
• Experience managing tooling maintenance, repairs, and inventory.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong organizational, leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• High sense of urgency with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

PREFERRED

• Experience with extrusion tooling.
• Knowledge of metallurgy and manufacturing processes.
• Experience using CMMS systems, preferably Ultimo.
• CAD experience, including SolidWorks or similar software.
• Spanish language proficiency.

Ideal Background

This role is well-suited for a hands-on manufacturing professional with experience in tooling, maintenance, extrusion operations, or mechanical engineering who enjoys leading teams, improving processes, and ensuring production tooling performs at the highest level.