Head Tooling

Combi-Pack Sdn Bhd; Seremban; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Combi-Pack Sdn Bhd in Malaysia is seeking a seasoned Tooling Leader to architect and drive the tooling strategy across design, manufacturing, and maintenance. You will manage cross‑functional teams to deliver robust production tooling and improve reliability.

The role requires 7–10 years in tooling/manufacturing with hands‑on experience in molds, dies, jigs, fixtures, gauges, and CAD/CAM. Strong leadership, budget control, and supplier management are essential.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of relevant tooling/manufacturing experience with leadership.
• Strong experience in tooling design, development, manufacturing, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with molds, dies, jigs, fixtures, gauges, or other production tooling.
• Proven experience managing tooling projects, budgets, suppliers, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, machining, grinding, heat treatment, and tool materials where applicable.
• Experience with CAD/CAM and engineering software.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPM, or structured problem-solving methodologies is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the tooling strategy aligned with business goals.
• Lead tooling engineering, design, manufacturing, maintenance and tech teams.
• Establish tooling standards, specifications, processes and best practices.
• Develop budgets, manpower plans, equipment needs, and investment proposals.
• Drive DFM, DFA and maintenance focused design reviews and approvals.
• Oversee tool design, development, and production tooling reviews.
• Manage external tooling suppliers and monitor KPIs and risks.
• Implement preventive and predictive maintenance to improve tool life and uptime.
• Identify cost and productivity improvements through tooling optimization.

Skills

Tooling design

Tooling development

Tooling manufacturing

Tooling maintenance

Troubleshooting

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Tool & Die Engineering

Tools

CAD/CAM

Engineering software

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

TPM

Job description

Develop and implement the overall tooling strategy aligned with business and manufacturing objectives.

Lead and manage the tooling engineering, design, manufacturing, maintenance, and technical teams.

Establish tooling standards, specifications, processes, and best practices.

Develop departmental budgets, manpower plans, equipment requirements, and investment proposals.

Build technical capability through training, mentoring, and succession planning.

2. Tool Design & Development

Oversee the design and development of molds, dies, jigs, fixtures, gauges, and other production tooling.

Review tooling concepts for manufacturability, durability, cost, and production efficiency.

Ensure tooling designs meet product specifications and customer requirements.

Drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Maintenance principles.

Ensure effective design reviews, trials, validation, and approval of new tooling.

3. Tool Manufacturing & Project Management

Lead tooling projects from concept through design, fabrication, trials, validation, and production release.

Ensure tooling projects meet agreed timelines, quality requirements, and budgets.

Coordinate with Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Purchasing, R&D, and suppliers.

Monitor tooling project KPIs, risks, milestones, and corrective actions.

Manage external tooling suppliers and ensure compliance with technical and quality requirements.

4. Tool Maintenance & Reliability

Establish preventive and predictive maintenance programs for production tooling.

Ensure rapid response to tooling breakdowns and production issues.

Analyze recurring tooling failures and implement permanent corrective actions.

Improve tool life, reliability, availability, and overall equipment effectiveness.

Maintain accurate tooling records, drawings, specifications, maintenance history, and spare-part requirements.

5. Cost & Productivity Improvement

Drive tooling cost reduction through design optimization, standardization, material selection, process improvement, and supplier development.

Improve tooling utilization, life expectancy, repair turnaround time, and manufacturing efficiency.

Identify opportunities for automation, digital tooling, simulation, additive manufacturing, and other advanced technologies.

Establish and monitor tooling-related KPIs, including cost, delivery, quality, downtime, tool life, and maintenance performance.

6. Quality, Safety & Compliance

Ensure tooling complies with relevant engineering, quality, safety, and regulatory requirements.

Work closely with Quality teams to resolve tooling-related defects and customer concerns.

Implement root-cause analysis and structured problem-solving methodologies.

Ensure safe tooling design, operation, maintenance, lifting, storage, and handling practices.

Support internal, customer, and external audits as required.

Develop and maintain strong relationships with tooling suppliers and strategic partners.

Evaluate supplier technical capability, capacity, quality, cost, and delivery performance.

Lead technical discussions, quotations, tooling specifications, and supplier negotiations.

Develop qualified tooling suppliers and alternative sources where appropriate.

8. Key

Tooling projects delivered on time and within budget

Tooling development and maintenance cost

Production downtime caused by tooling

Tooling-related quality defects and rejection rate

Tool repair and turnaround time

First-time-right tooling acceptance

New tooling development lead time

Tooling supplier quality and delivery performance

Productivity and cost-reduction savings

Preventive maintenance compliance

Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Tool & Die Engineering, or a related discipline.

7 - 10 years of relevant tooling/manufacturing experience, with significant leadership experience.

Strong experience in tooling design, development, manufacturing, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

Experience with molds, dies, jigs, fixtures, gauges, or other production tooling relevant to the company's manufacturing processes.

Proven experience managing tooling projects, budgets, suppliers, and multidisciplinary teams.

Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, machining, grinding, heat treatment, and tool materials where applicable.

Experience with CAD/CAM and engineering software.

Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPM, or structured problem-solving methodologies is preferred.

Combi-Pack is one of the leading and award-winning manufacturers of high quality and innovative plastic packaging in Malaysia since 2007 and is committed to achieve international standards in health, safety and environmental (HSE) practices for all our operational process and activities.

We aim to help local and international brands develop an impactful packaging for their products, focusing on product protection, aesthetic enhancement, shelf life extension, production efficiency and overall packaging experience. With all in mind, we produce plastic packaging, which is 100% recyclable since 2007. We offer our solution to various food segment industries from instant noodle, chocolate, biscuit, herbs & spices and many more.

It’s our aim to create scope for development of talents. While we expect our employees to achieve agreed goals. We have a strong set of values that influence how we do business and we expect our employees to embrace these values. We are committed to rewarding and developing our employees and will support you throughout your career with us.

Surround yourself with our team that can empower you. We provide outstanding career opportunities to unlock our people's true potential and talents, are you the next one?

Combi-Pack is one of the leading and award-winning manufacturers of high quality and innovative plastic packaging in Malaysia since 2007 and is committed to achieve international standards in health, safety and environmental (HSE) practices for all our operational process and activities.

We aim to help local and international brands develop an impactful packaging for their products, focusing on product protection, aesthetic enhancement, shelf life extension, production efficiency and overall packaging experience. With all in mind, we produce plastic packaging, which is 100% recyclable since 2007. We offer our solution to various food segment industries from instant noodle, chocolate, biscuit, herbs & spices and many more.

It’s our aim to create scope for development of talents. While we expect our employees to achieve agreed goals. We have a strong set of values that influence how we do business and we expect our employees to embrace these values. We are committed to rewarding and developing our employees and will support you throughout your career with us.

Surround yourself with our team that can empower you. We provide outstanding career opportunities to unlock our people's true potential and talents, are you the next one?

Combi-Pack is one of the leading and award-winning manufacturers of high quality and innovative plastic packaging in Malaysia since 2007 and is committed to achieve international standards in health, safety and environmental (HSE) practices for all our operational process and activities.

We aim to help local and international brands develop an impactful packaging for their products, focusing on product protection, aesthetic enhancement, shelf life extension, production efficiency and overall packaging experience. With all in mind, we produce plastic packaging, which is 100% recyclable since 2007. We offer our solution to various food segment industries from instant noodle, chocolate, biscuit, herbs & spices and many more.

It’s our aim to create scope for development of talents. While we expect our employees to achieve agreed goals. We have a strong set of values that influence how we do business and we expect our employees to embrace these values. We are committed to rewarding and developing our employees and will support you throughout your career with us.

Surround yourself with our team that can empower you. We provide outstanding career opportunities to unlock our people's true potential and talents, have you considered applying?