Tool Room Manager

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Embraces and advances Medbio’s Mission, Vision and Values while fostering a team-first, positive culture.
• Exhibits & Leads safety awareness and safe work practices in all tooling areas.
• Maintain an orderly and clean toolroom.
• Operation of general toolroom equipment such as Bridgeport mills, surface grinders, manual lathers, TIG/MIG/laser welders and other shop equipment.
• Provide input on tool design.
• Participate with the Tooling Engineer(s) in the launching of new tools per the Medbio Tooling Standards document.
• Participate in tool sampling and create Tool Service procedure when applicable.
• Maintain tooling database which includes, but is not limited to, all tool information and all repairs and tool modifications.
• Educate tool shops on Medbio’s tooling standards and continue to enforce those standards.
• Trouble-shoot tooling issues on the production floor. (I.e., scrap reduction, cycle time improvement, tooling uptime/downtime, etc.).
• Create standard tool PM templates.
• Manage the work-load and weekly hours worked in the tool room.
• Cookordinate tooling repairs with suppliers and ensure repairs are made correctly and efficiently.
• Develop Medbio’s internal tooling maintenance and tool build capabilities.
• Set up spare tooling and Kanban systems for spare tooling.
• Assess and develop existing and new tool shop relationships.
• Lead maintenance and repair/cleaning activities on Medbio tools through use of IQMS.
• Lead the tool room employees.

Organizational Relationships

• The Tool Room Manager reports to the Plant Manager.
• This position works closely with other Engineers, coordinates with Quality Assurance and Production tooling activities, and provides project-specific information to Finance, Sales, and Operations as necessary.

Experience and/or Educational Requirements

• Minimum of Tooling Docs Toolroom Maintenance Manager course.
• (Prefer) 8+ years’ experience in plastic injection molding.
• Good understanding of automation systems and equipment.
• Proficient computer skills (SpinFire, Microsoft Office, MS Project).
• Strong product and tool ‘blueprint’ reading skills.
• Strong written/verbal communication skills.
• Good understanding of ISO and FDA regulations and GMPs.
• Journeyman accreditation preference.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to work and perform what would be considered standard practices for this type of position in the industry.