Tool Room Manager

Position Summary
 
The Tool Room Manager handles manufacturing operations and supervises personnel to achieve optimal production efficiency and effectiveness, quality, and on-time delivery in support of the overall goals, objectives, mission, and vision of the organization.

Performance Expectations

·        Support, Foster, Promote and Demonstrate Linamar’s Core Values and Leadership Behaviors.

·        Maintain balance between customer, employee, and financial satisfaction by maximizing facility/department Performance Indicators to align to Linamar’s Stepping Stool of Success Strategy.

·        Support and maintain department lean initiatives.

·        Maintain department 5S requirements.

·        Create and maintain standardization of mold setup and teardown procedures. Apply learned best practices.

·        Participate in the setup, testing, procedures, training, and updating of IQMS relative to tooling and operations.

·        Support OEE metrics and related goals of cycle attainment, zero-block cavitation, mold set-up compliance, and changeovers to maximize mold efficiency.

·        Provide focus, guidance and leadership in scrap reduction and uptime initiatives.

·        Lead production support of and identify improvements with molding tools and processes to reduce or eliminate reoccurring problems and collaborate with Operations and Manufacturing Engineering on priority of activities related to those issues.

·        Teach, mentor, train, and provide guidance to tool and die makers equally across all shifts.

·        Liaise between technicians, tool room maintenance teams and Engineering to ensure efficient and effective problem resolution and to ascertain continuity of application.

·        Actively participate in mold design reviews. Conduct and lead tool teardown meetings.

·        Document, standardize and create procedures for repeatability, predictability, and improved efficiency specific to related activities.

·        Maintain and create inventory system for MRO (maintenance repair) to ensure tools can be quickly repaired.

·        Maintain a continuous improvement philosophy, keep abreast of leading-edge technology and methods to ensure best practices and processes.

·        Participate in morning production meetings to facilitate problem solving on day-to-day issues.

·        Participate in the formation of actionable, value-added solutions through suggestions and feedback to appropriate staff. Identify and communicate ideas that support best practices in product development and enhancement.

Key Requirements

·        10+ year’s experience as a Tool & Die Maker/Machinist

·        5+ year’s experience in a management role

·        Journeyman/Apprenticeship experience

·        Industrial degree or equivalent experience preferred.

·        7-10 years of progressive tool room leadership experience in a related industry

What Linamar Has To Offer

·        Opportunities for career advancement.

·        Community based outreach supporting both local and global initiatives and charities.

·        Social committees and sports teams.

·        Discounts for local vendors and events, including auto supplier discounts.

About Us

Linamar Corporation is a Canadian diversified global manufacturing company of highly engineered products across global industries and markets. From the entrepreneurial seeds planted by our dynamic founder, to the support provided along the way, all Linamar employees are poised for success in this fast-paced and rapidly growing environment. With access to the tools you need to succeed, you will make an impact along with other motivated and engaged people.

Linamar Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and encourages diversity in the workplace without regard to any basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Linamar Corporation encourages applications from all qualified individuals and will reasonably accommodate applicants throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process upon request.

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