Tool and Die Manager

Gabriella-; London; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

Retirement plan with employer contrib.

Education assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Gabriella- is seeking a Tool and Die Manager for our Tillsonburg automotive stamping operation. You will own the tooling function, lead the tool and die shop, and ensure dies are running, toolings delivered on time, and quality targets are met across three shifts.

You will optimize tooling layouts, collaborate with die suppliers, and report KPIs at daily and monthly planning meetings, while mentoring apprentices and driving cost, safety, and reliability improvements in a high-volume environment.

Qualifications

• Certificate of Qualification in Tool and Die Making or equivalent trade.
• Minimum five years in cold stamping with progressive and transfer dies; ten years preferred.
• Minimum five years of technical and mechanical trades experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated leadership of a tooling or die shop team.
• Self-motivated, organized, and comfortable in a high-volume automotive environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily tool and die shop operations across a three-shift production operation.
• Lead and develop the tooling team, apprentices included, ensuring training and qualification.
• Select optimal tool layouts, press sizes and vendors, approving final designs before manufacture.
• Collaborate with die suppliers to improve reliability of tooling.
• Review tooling performance data to drive productivity, quality and reliability improvements.
• Support engineering and sales at quoting with accurate tooling input.
• Report die shop KPIs at daily production meetings and in monthly plans.
• Keep production and sales informed on tooling issues and timelines.
• Identify and implement cost, quality, customer service, health and safety improvements.

Skills

Tooling leadership

Die shop management

Maintenance scheduling

Vendor collaboration

Team training

Education

Certificate of Qualification in Tool and Die Making

Tools

Tooling equipment knowledge

Job description

TOOL AND DIE MANAGER — AUTOMOTIVE STAMPING

Our client is a leading automotive metal stamping manufacturer, part of a large, vertically integrated North American steel and stamping group. Their Tillsonburg facility is a high-volume cold stamping operation running progressive and transfer dies across three shifts, supplying structural components to major automotive programs.

They’re looking for a Tool and Die Manager to own the tooling function — the person responsible for keeping dies running, the shop staffed and trained, and new tooling delivered on time and capable.

What you’d own

• Daily operations of the tool and die shop: die repair, maintenance, and scheduling across a three-shift production operation
• Leadership of the tooling team — ensuring tool and die makers and apprentices are trained, qualified and supported
• Tooling capability from design review through production release: selecting optimum tool layouts, press size and vendor; approving final designs before manufacture
• Working with die suppliers to improve out-of-the-box reliability on new and replacement tooling
• Reviewing tooling performance data to drive productivity, quality and reliability improvements
• Supporting engineering and sales at the quoting stage with accurate tooling input
• Reporting die shop KPIs at daily production meetings and in monthly and annual plans
• Keeping production and sales informed on tooling issues and timelines
• Continuously identifying improvements in cost, quality, customer service, health and safety and plant operations

What they’re looking for

• Certificate of Qualification in Tool and Die Making, or an equivalent related trade
• Minimum five years in cold stamping with progressive and transfer dies — ten years preferred
• Minimum five years of technical and mechanical trades experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated leadership of a tooling or die shop team
• Self-motivated, organized, and comfortable in a high-volume automotive environment

What’s offered

• Competitive compensation with a variable component
• Comprehensive health benefits, retirement plan with employer contribution, education assistance, paid time off
• Career advancement within a large, stable organization with a strong promote-from-within culture