Section Manager Tooling North

AK Steel Corporation; Tillsonburg; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Fleetwood Metal Industries in Tillsonburg, Ontario seeks a Section Manager Tooling to lead the die shop, plan and organize tooling operations, and drive improvements in productivity and quality. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in cold stamping, tool and die making, and team leadership in a fast-paced environment.

The role reports to senior tooling leadership and requires dedication to safety, budget adherence, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering and sales.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of technical and mechanical trades experience in a high paced manufacturing field.
• Education: Certificate of Qualification in Tool and Die Making or equivalent related trade
• Minimum 5 years experience in cold stamping including progressive and transfer dies

Responsibilities

• Manage the daily operations of the tool and die shop, including die repair, maintenance, and scheduling of a 3 shift production operation
• Ensure that appropriate optimum technology, equipment, and methodology are employed
• Provide leadership to teams ensuring employees performing tooling activities are trained and qualified to perform them.
• Continuously seek out and identify opportunities for improvement in costs, quality, customer service, health and safety and plant operations
• Selecting optimum tool layouts, press size and vendor
• Reviewing final design for final approval prior to manufacture
• Responsible for tooling capability until production release
• Work with die suppliers to improve out of the box reliability for new and replacement tooling
• Review and analyze tooling performance and data to increase productivity, quality and reliability
• Work with engineering and sales at quoting stage to provide the most accurate information, help drive quote acceptance
• Report die shop KPI at the daily production meetings as well as monthly and annual reports and plans
• Communicate any apparent relative information on tooling issues and delays to the production and sales teams

Education

Certificate of Qualification in Tool and Die Making

Equivalent related trade

Job description

Location: Tillsonburg, ON

Fleetwood Metal Industries, a division of Cleveland-Cliffs Tooling and Stamping, has an immediate opportunity for an Section Manager Tooling in our Tillsonburg, Ontario Stamping Facility. The Section Manager Tooling is responsible for the planning, organizing, directing and management of the tooling function to ensure production goals are met adequately and in a timely manner.Theideal candidate will have priorexperience, be self-motivated and thrive in a fast-paced work environment. We offer an excellent compensation and benefits package with career advancement opportunities.

Summary of Responsibilities:

• Manage the daily operations of the tool and die shop, including die repair, maintenance, and scheduling of a 3 shift production operation
• Ensure that appropriate optimum technology, equipment, and methodology are employed
• Provide leadership to teams ensuring employees performing tooling activities are trained and qualified to perform them.
• Continuously seek out and identify opportunities for improvement in costs, quality, customer service, health and safety and plant operations
• Selecting optimum tool layouts, press size and vendor
• Reviewing final design for final approval prior to manufacture
• Responsible for tooling capability until production release
• Work with die suppliers to improve out of the box reliability for new and replacement tooling
• Review and analyze tooling performance and data to increase productivity, quality and reliability
• Work with engineering and sales at quoting stage to provide the most accurate information, help drive quote acceptance
• Report die shop KPI at the daily production meetings as well as monthly and annual reports and plans
• Communicate any apparent relative information on tooling issues and delays to the production and sales teams

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of technical and mechanical trades experience in a high paced manufacturing field
• Education: Certificate of Qualification in Tool and Die Making or equivalent related trade
• Minimum 5 years experience in cold stamping including progressive and transfer dies
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10 years experience in cold stamping including progressive and transfer dies

The salary range for this role is $100,000 – $130,000. An employee’s pay within the salary range will be based onnumerousfactors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, experience, skills, geographic location and business or organizational needs.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is the largest flat-rolled steel company and the largest iron ore pellet producer in North America. The Company is vertically integrated from mined raw materials, direct reduced iron, and ferrous scrap to primary steelmaking and downstream finishing, stamping, tooling, and tubing. We offer an excellent total compensation package including top pay with variable compensation opportunity, health insurance, retirement plan, education assistance, paid time off and more.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., including its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, “Cleveland-Cliffs”), is an equal opportunity employer and complies with its obligations under applicable human rights legislation. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability, or other protected grounds under applicable human rights legislation. Cleveland-Cliffs requires all prospective employees to undergo a pre-employment background check.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities or other needs based on protected human rights grounds. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please let us know the nature of your request and your contact information by emailing [e-mail] or calling 1-[phone].