Toolroom Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Cook up and prioritize daily work assignments for die makers.
• Provide technical guidance, troubleshooting support, and training.
• Support a culture of safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Communicate tooling issues, priorities, and risks to management.

Tooling & Preventive Maintenance

• Coordinate and monitor preventive maintenance activities for dies and tooling.
• Ensure maintenance activities are completed and documented.
• Support tooling repairs, troubleshooting, and production readiness.
• Manage spare tooling components and inventory requirements.

Operational Support

• Maintain daily toolroom and press room reports.
• Track die performance, repair status, and tooling availability.
• Coordinate toolroom supply replenishment and inventory controls.
• Maintain accurate tooling and maintenance records.

Scheduling Support

• Monitor daily staffing levels and planned absences to support departmental workflow requirements.
• Cook up employee scheduling needs with department management.
• Aid in workforce planning to ensure adequate coverage of critical tooling activities.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent required. Tool & Die apprenticeship, Journeyman certification, or equivalent experience preferred.
• Experience: Extensive experience in tool and die making, die maintenance, tooling repair, and punch press operations.
• Skills: Strong knowledge of preventive maintenance programs, tooling troubleshooting, and die setup; ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, tooling prints, and specifications; proven ability to diagnose die issues and implement corrective actions; strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills; ability to coordinate multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment; experience training and mentoring skilled trades employees; proficient with Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Syteline, and related business systems.

Success Measures

• Preventive maintenance compliance.
• Reduction in die-related downtime.
• Tooling readiness and availability.
• Achievement of safety, quality, throughput, and productivity goals.
• Timely completion of tooling priorities.
• Accurate reporting and communication.
• Effective training and development of die makers.
• Strong teamwork and accountability within the Toolroom.