Product and Tooling Supervisor

and Tooling Engineering Supervisor**is responsible for:-

• Leading the Product and Tooling Design Team in delivery of all suitable products and the tooling required to produce them.

• Overall leadership to ensure the product designs are suitable for manufacture, and that the proposed production methods can achieve the customer requirements.

• Ownership and management of suitable tooling specification documentation, creation of a standardized Statement of Requirements Packages for Tooling Purchases.

• Support RFQ Activities to source new and production running tools/Equipment.

• Oversee the Formal sign off for tooling/Equipment design, final acceptance, and ECM driven changes to the SOR.

• Own the data management system that ensures data chronology, sets suitable access levels and is linked with AME to ensure alignment with the SAP and ECM process.

• Implementation of best practice and lessons learned through the ECM process.

• Accountability to ensure tooling remains within the agreed budgets.

• Apply design for Manufacturability (DFM) principals to evaluate product designs and produce summary reports to support engineering and quoting activities.

• Identify tooling and equipment potential issues via the DFMEA Process and implement measures to design them out.

• Utilize product data management system to maintain CAD data for products, tooling, fixtures, manufacturing equipment and facilities.

• Project management of tooling suppliers. This may involve overseas travelling and working outside "normal" UK working hours, to cover time zone differences.

• Support continuous improvement activities through effective use of 3D and 2D CAD to propose product design changes, tooling improvements.

• Oversee the Design of die cast dies: Runner, Cooling, Vacuum systems etc. to ensure best part quality and optimize yield.

• Design features that facilitate quick die and equipment change

• Assist with Die Standards to: (1) Improve production performance i.e. net Casting Rate (2) Optimize casting yield and (3) Minimize tooling costs without compromising quality.

• Responsible for improving uptime and reducing maintenance costs of DC die & Trim dies and all downstream equipment.

• Participate in root-cause analysis and implement counter-measures.

• Utilize 3D FEA, Flow and Solidification analysis to improve designs.

• Complete understanding of casting tolerances, dimensional capability statistics and GD&T

• Maintain master tool drawings and facilitate access to Toolroom staff for all tooling maintenance - minimizing downtime and costs

• Calculate tooling clearances based on thermal expansion and minimum flow distances

• Implement POKE YOKE in tool design to prevent miss-assembly.

• Carry out Onboarding activities, Attendance and return to work reviews.

• Provide Status reports and updates for all activities to tooling Manager.

• Assign and manage workload for all Team Members.

• Assign and Manage Goals and perform PDR Reviews.

• Lead the team, ensuring individuals achieve their respective job descriptions and goals.

EXPERIENCE:
Essential

• Proficient with 3D SolidWorks and Catia software

• Die Design, Runner & Cooling Design experience.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Packages

• Ability to effectively communicate and build relationships with customers

Desirable

• ONC/HNC Apprenticeship or equivalent either in Mechanical or Electrical Eng'g

• Six sigma

• Root Cause Analysis

• Lean Manufacturing experience

Personal Attributes:

• Good interpersonal skills with "hands on" problem solving expertise.
• Work collaboratively to achieve project/company goals.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communicator both written and verbal.
• Ability in influence and manage stakeholders.
• Very organized.
• Strong leadership skills
• Work well within a team environment.
• Proactive in approach with a "can do attitude".
• Flexibility to travel overseas at short notice.
• Full Driving License.