Senior Tooling & Die Operations Manager

Fortune-Brands-Innovation; New London (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortune Brands Innovations is seeking a qualified professional to manage the Fiberon Tool & Die Program, including preventive maintenance, tooling design support, and supervision of tooling staff at our New London facility in North Carolina.

You will ensure tool sets meet quality, safety and production needs, coordinate with engineering and purchasing for tooling validation, and drive improvements in processes while adhering to company policies.

Qualifications

• Requires a high school diploma/GED
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• 5-7 years’ experience understanding extrusion tools and extrusion processes
• 2 years’ experience in a supervisory role
• Technical certification to journeyman or equivalent level in tool & die manufacturing

Responsibilities

• Manage the preventative maintenance of all Fiberon extrusion tool & die sets
• Assist Engineering and Senior Management in design reviews of new tooling requirements
• Manage Safety & 5S with work areas
• Oversee tooling design and engineering
• Ensure correct tooling is prepared, staged and ready for all scheduled production
• Ensure each tool has an SOC for each applicable extrusion process
• Assist Engineering and Machine Shop in tuning Fiberon tool sets
• Ensure associates are working in a safe manner, as well as abiding by all company policies and rules
• Use and read measuring instruments, such as calipers, micrometers, bore gauge, etc.
• Supervise associates to ensure adherence to policies and procedures
• Liaise with vendors, senior management and purchasing department for the purchasing and validation of any outside tooling and/or machining requirements

Skills

Extrusion tools

Extrusion processes

Supervisory experience

Education

High school diploma/GED

Bachelor’s Degree (preferred)

Technical certification (journeyman) in tool & die

Job description

Fortune Brands Innovations is seeking a qualified professional to manage the Fiberon Tool & Die Program, including preventive maintenance, tooling design support, and supervision of tooling staff at our New London facility in North Carolina.

You will ensure tool sets meet quality, safety and production needs, coordinate with engineering and purchasing for tooling validation, and drive improvements in processes while adhering to company policies.