Tool Maintenance Head

Navrang HR Solutions; Vadodara; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Navrang HR Solutions seeks an experienced Tool Maintenance Head to oversee press tool and stamping die maintenance, maximize tool availability and minimize breakdowns. The role drives productivity, quality and tool life improvements across tooling operations.

The candidate will lead preventive and predictive maintenance, troubleshoot die issues, and coordinate with production and quality teams to reduce downtime while ensuring safe handling and proper maintenance of tools and dies.

Qualifications

• Experience in preventive, predictive and breakdown maintenance of press tools and stamping dies.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and understand die construction.
• Experience in tool room team management and maintenance planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead preventive, predictive and breakdown maintenance of press tools, stamping dies and related tooling.
• Handle progressive, compound, blanking, piercing and forming dies.
• Troubleshoot die-related problems and ensure timely corrective actions.
• Supervise tool repair, reconditioning, modifications and tool trials.
• Coordinate with production and quality teams to minimize rejection and downtime.
• Monitor tool life, maintenance costs, spare parts and tool performance.
• Manage tool room manpower, work allocation and maintenance schedules.
• Implement preventive maintenance plans, root cause analysis, 5S, Kaizen and continuous improvement.
• Maintain tool history, breakdown records and maintenance MIS.
• Ensure safe handling, storage and maintenance of tools and dies.

Skills

Press Tool & Stamping Die Maintenance

Progressive Dies

Power Press Operations

Tool Troubleshooting

Drawing Reading

Maintenance Planning

Job description

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Tool Maintenance Head to manage press tool and stamping die maintenance operations, ensure maximum tool availability, minimize breakdowns and improve productivity, quality and tool life.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead preventive, predictive and breakdown maintenance of press tools, stamping dies and related tooling.

• Handle progressive, compound, blanking, piercing and forming dies.

• Troubleshoot die-related problems and ensure timely corrective actions.

• Supervise tool repair, reconditioning, modifications and tool trials.

• Coordinate with production and quality teams to minimize rejection and downtime.

• Monitor tool life, maintenance costs, spare parts and tool performance.

• Manage tool room manpower, work allocation and maintenance schedules.

• Implement preventive maintenance plans, root cause analysis, 5S, Kaizen and continuous improvement.

• Maintain tool history, breakdown records and maintenance MIS.

• Ensure safe handling, storage and maintenance of tools and dies.

Required Skills

• Strong knowledge of Press Tool & Stamping Die Maintenance.

• Experience in Progressive Dies, Blanking, Piercing and Forming Tools.

• Knowledge of power press operations and tool setting.

• Expertise in tool troubleshooting and breakdown analysis.

• Ability to read engineering drawings and understand die construction.

• Experience in tool room team management and maintenance planning.

Preferred Candidate

Candidates from electrical components, cable lugs, terminals, connectors, sheet metal stamping, precision components or press tool manufacturing industries will be preferred.