Toolroom Lead: Expansion, Strategy & Excellence

Advanced Powder Products, Inc.; Philipsburg (Centre County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Powder Products, Inc. is seeking a senior tooling leader to drive toolroom expansion, equipment selection, and facility layouts. You will oversee capacity planning, workflow design, and capital justification while aligning with ISO 13485 and ISO 9001 standards.

You will manage multi-project tool builds, mentor toolmakers and machinists, balance workload, and develop scalable processes to support future growth, quality, and on-time delivery in a high-precision environment.

Qualifications

• Requires degree in tool & die, manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering or related field.
• 10+ years tooling experience in mold building, tool design, machining, or tooling operations.
• 5+ years leadership experience in tooling or manufacturing environment.
• Experience building molds for injection molding or equivalent precision manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Lead toolroom expansion initiatives including equipment acquisition, facility layout, utilities, workflow design, and future capacity planning.
• Develop optimized manufacturing flow from raw material through completed tool build.
• Manage all internal tool build activities from quote approval through tool qualification.
• Define space requirements for machining, EDM, assembly, inspection, maintenance, and tool storage.
• Support leadership in creating tooling strategy for long-term growth.

Skills

Project management

Prioritization

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Bachelor's or Associate degree in Tool & Die / Manufacturing Engineering / Mechanical Engineering / Industrial Technology

Tools

MS Office

Solidworks

MiniTab

Job description

Advanced Powder Products, Inc. is seeking a senior tooling leader to drive toolroom expansion, equipment selection, and facility layouts. You will oversee capacity planning, workflow design, and capital justification while aligning with ISO 13485 and ISO 9001 standards.

You will manage multi-project tool builds, mentor toolmakers and machinists, balance workload, and develop scalable processes to support future growth, quality, and on-time delivery in a high-precision environment.