Sr. Tooling Manager

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Job Summary

General Purpose:

Responsible for managing the Tool Room department and collaborate on projects with customers or internal colleagues, new tool and mold development, improvement of manufacturing processes, and maintenance of production molds. Assure product quality by implementing testing methods, equipment, and tools.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Management of new tooling requisitions from prototype or complex designs through mass production.
• Responsible for improvements, major repairs, and Engineering Change Notice to the molds.
• Implementation of preventive maintenance for production molds.
• Develop manufacturing processes by studying product requirements including but not limited to researching, designing, modifying, testing manufacturing methods and equipment.
• Improve manufacturing efficiency by analyzing tooling and process.
• Implementation of quality and safety improvements in training for tool room team.
• Generation and implementation of cost reduction ideas.

Requirements:

• High School Diploma
• 15 years of experience in mold tool room or design activities
• CNC tool room machinery programing
• Ability to read mold design and improvements
• Ability to apply common sense and to analyze and solve tooling problems
• Ability to deal with customers and to lead a group.
• Ability to speak and write in English. Mold Making, Quality systems, FAI, PPAP process, releasing process.
• Demonstrates expert functional, technical and people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.
• Demonstrates detailed expertise in very complex functional/technical area or broad breadth of knowledge in multiple areas.
• Understands the strategic impact of the function across sites.

MF15

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

Application Deadline:

Applications for this job position will be accepted for at least five days following the job posting start date below and continuing until the end date below or until the position is filled. This posting may close sooner due to application volume.

Job Posting Start Date 09-09-2026 Job Posting End Date 11-09-2026

The base pay range for this position is provided below. The final base rate offered will be determined using job-related, non-discriminatory criteria, including but not limited to experience, qualifications, geographic location, education, external market data, and internal equity.

$146,700.00 USD - $201,700.00 USD Annual

Job Category

Production Engineering

Is Sponsorship Available?

No

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