Manufacturing -Tool & Die

Godrej & Boyce (G&B); Chennai; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Godrej & Boyce (G&B) in Chennai seeks a tooling professional to oversee press tool manufacturing, maintenance, and tool room management, ensuring timely tool availability for production and driving efficiency.

The role covers tool assembly, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and TPM initiatives, with emphasis on quality, safety, and cost control within a busy manufacturing environment. You will lead a team of tool makers, coordinate with procurement, and ensure 5S practices.

Responsibilities

• Perform press tool assembly, tool setting, grinding, polishing, and fitting activities.
• Carry out preventive and breakdown maintenance of press tools.
• Troubleshoot tool-related problems such as burrs, dimensional variation, and improper component forming.
• Ensure proper clearance, alignment, and accuracy of punches, dies, and other tool components.
• Coordinate tool trials and modifications to improve performance.
• Plan and prioritize tool room activities based on production requirements.
• Manage tool room manpower, machines, tools, and equipment.
• Ensure timely availability of tools for production.
• Maintain tool history cards, maintenance records, and tool life records.
• Monitor spare parts availability and coordinate with the purchase department when required.
• Implement preventive maintenance schedules to minimize tool breakdowns.
• Coordinate with production, quality, maintenance, and engineering departments.
• Analyze and resolve tool-related rejection and quality issues.
• Support new product development, tool trials, and process improvements.
• Ensure tools meet dimensional accuracy and production requirements.
• Reduce downtime, rejection, and tool maintenance costs.
• Allocate work to tool makers and contract persons.
• Monitor employee performance, productivity, and workmanship.
• Train team members in tool maintenance, fitting practices, and safe working procedures.
• Ensure compliance with workplace safety standards and 5S practices.
• Maintain proper housekeeping and discipline in the tool room.
• Implement TPM practices for tools, dies, jigs, and fixtures.
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for recurring tooling issues.
• Drive Kaizen and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Improve tool life, equipment reliability, and machine efficiency.
• Support OEE improvement through effective maintenance practices.
• Plan tooling spare parts and consumable requirements.
• Maintain optimum inventory levels of critical tooling components.
• Monitor and control tooling maintenance and repair costs.
• Coordinate procurement of tooling spares to prevent production interruptions.
• Ensure proper storage, handling, and preservation of tools and dies to maximize service life.

Job description

Role & responsibilities

1. Press Tool Manufacturing & Maintenance

1. Perform press tool assembly, tool setting, grinding, polishing, and fitting activities.
2. Carry out preventive and breakdown maintenance of press tools.
3. Troubleshoot tool-related problems such as burrs, dimensional variation, and improper component forming.
4. Ensure proper clearance, alignment, and accuracy of punches, dies, and other tool components.
5. Coordinate tool trials and modifications to improve performance.

2. Tool Room Management

1. Plan and prioritize tool room activities based on production requirements.
2. Manage tool room manpower, machines, tools, and equipment.
3. Ensure timely availability of tools for production.
4. Maintain tool history cards, maintenance records, and tool life records.
5. Monitor spare parts availability and coordinate with the purchase department when required.
6. Implement preventive maintenance schedules to minimize tool breakdowns.

3. Production & Quality Support

1. Coordinate with production, quality, maintenance, and engineering departments.
2. Analyze and resolve tool-related rejection and quality issues.
3. Support new product development, tool trials, and process improvements.
4. Ensure tools meet dimensional accuracy and production requirements.
5. Reduce downtime, rejection, and tool maintenance costs.

4. Team Management & Safety

1. Allocate work to tool makers and contract persons.
2. Monitor employee performance, productivity, and workmanship.
3. Train team members in tool maintenance, fitting practices, and safe working procedures.
4. Ensure compliance with workplace safety standards and 5S practices.
5. Maintain proper housekeeping and discipline in the tool room.

5. TPM & Continuous Improvement

• Implement TPM practices for tools, dies, jigs, and fixtures.
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for recurring tooling issues.
• Drive Kaizen and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Improve tool life, equipment reliability, and machine efficiency.
• Support OEE improvement through effective maintenance practices.

6. Tooling Inventory & Cost Control

• Plan tooling spare parts and consumable requirements.
• Maintain optimum inventory levels of critical tooling components.
• Monitor and control tooling maintenance and repair costs.
• Coordinate procurement of tooling spares to prevent production interruptions.
• Ensure proper storage, handling, and preservation of tools and dies to maximize service life.