Toolroom Manager

Dartford Source: WhatJobs
£55,000–£75,000

Position: Toolroom Manager

Proactive are currently recruiting for a Toolroom Manager to join an established engineering and manufacturing business.

As a Toolroom Manager, you'll lead a skilled team of toolmakers and trainees, managing workloads, resources and production requirements while ensuring tooling is delivered to the required quality, cost and timescales.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead and manage the day-to-day activities of the Toolroom, including the development and support of skilled engineering personnel
  • Manage workloads, resources, deadlines and priorities to ensure customer and production requirements are achieved
  • Oversee the development and manufacture of new tooling from initial concept through to commissioning
  • Manage tooling development, modifications, repairs and ongoing maintenance
  • Ensure tooling and associated work meet required standards for quality, efficiency and on-time delivery
  • Establish effective preventative and predictive maintenance programmes to maximise tooling availability and minimise downtime
  • Manage labour and machine capacity to maximise efficiency and minimise lost production time
  • Monitor departmental performance against agreed targets, KPIs and operational objectives
  • Identify opportunities to improve tooling processes, equipment, capacity and capability
  • Research and support the introduction of new toolmaking technologies, equipment and processes
  • Work closely with manufacturing, production planning, sales and other departments to ensure tooling requirements are understood and delivered
  • Monitor tooling performance and investigate variations, quality issues and production problems
  • Drive a culture of continuous improvement, teamwork, collaboration and accountability within the ToolroomPersonal skills:

Personal skills:

  • Proven experience within a Toolroom, Toolmaking or engineering management environment
  • Strong people management and leadership experience, particularly within a highly skilled technical team
  • Experience managing workloads, resources and competing priorities within a manufacturing environment
  • Strong understanding of tooling manufacture, development, repair and maintenance
  • Experience with progression press tooling would be advantageous
  • Good knowledge of Toolroom equipment such as Wire EDM, grinding, milling and turning
  • Experience managing projects and coordinating resources to achieve defined outcomes
  • Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to analyse complex technical information and provide clear direction
  • Experience working with highly skilled technical personnel and managing diverse teams
  • Knowledge or experience of 3D CAD/design software such as SolidWorks or similar would be advantageous

Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.

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