Job at a glance
Performance Standard: - Manage the day-to-day operation and performance of the Toolroom and CNC machining function. - Conduct and/or lead design reviews for all new stamping tools, checking fixtures, welding jigs and tooling manufactured internally, ensuring designs are fit for purpose, manufacturable, maintainable and capable of producing quality parts. - Manage internally manufactured tooling from design through machining, toolmaking, assembly, trial and final handover to Production.
- Manage the CNC machines, CNC programmers, tool designers and toolmaking personnel, ensuring resources and capacity are effectively planned and utilised. - Manage tool, jig and fixture breakdowns, ensuring timely response, effective repair and identification of root causes for recurring failures. - Manage minor and major tooling, jig and fixture refurbishments, including repairs, replacement of worn components, modifications and engineering changes.
- Form part of the Cross-Functional Team (CFT) in addressing quality problems, process issues and scrap generated by stamping tools, welding jigs, checking fixtures or machining processes. - Manage technical interaction with external toolmakers and machining suppliers where tooling or machining is outsourced, including design reviews, progress, trials, modifications and acceptance. - Ensure tooling, fixture, jig and CNC documentation, drawings, programmes, maintenance records and modification histories are properly controlled.
- Identify opportunities to improve tool life, fixture reliability, machining efficiency, tooling cost and production performance. - Develop and maintain standard practices for tooling design, maintenance, refurbishment, machining and problem solving. - Lead, develop and manage Toolroom, CNC, programming and design personnel, ensuring appropriate skills, discipline, productivity and accountability.
- Ensure all activities are performed in accordance with company procedures, engineering requirements, customer requirements, quality standards and applicable IATF 16949 requirements. - Maintenance PM of equipment and repair of tools and PM - Feasibility of new work (Engineering) - Determine tool design specification - Project management - Budget Adherence - Management of staff - Health and safety - Training and development - Continual improvement - Cost saving - Management reporting - Audit findings