Tooling Manager

Calling all Plastic Injection Tooling Managers / Engineers with experience of developing and managing reactive and planned preventative maintenance systems.

I need to speak with you about an opportunity to join a global medical devices company based in the Oxfordshire area.

My client is looking to appoint an experience Tooling Engineer / Manager to develop and manage reactive and planned preventative maintenance systems in order to maximise the uptime of their Mould tooling and ancillary assets, ensuring that components producedmeet specification and shall act as the Subject Matter Expert for Tooling Maintenance and shall present to customers as needed.

The Tooling Manager shall manage and motivate teams of engineers and technicians, providing technical and organisational leadership ensuring that the teams are resourced and skilled in order to provide the appropriate service levels.

**Key Responsibilities**:
Creating, implementing and constantly seeking to improve strategies and systems of work that will ensure all tools are properly maintained and that any tooling breakdowns are addressed with minimum disruption to the production schedule. Ensuring they areexecuted in an effective and technically robust manner.

KPIs to monitor tooling performance, monthly spend (tools and consumables)

Maintain and become a champion of 6S in the tooling and tool store area

Toolstore ownership

Responsible for contributing towards 5 year capital expenditure plan for tools, Auxiliaries (including but not limited to tooling tool heaters, manifolds, dryers, hot runners, demagnetisers, localised chillers) and IMMs

Actively monitoring and controlling the resource allocation and in order to ensure breakdowns, servicing, repairs,investigations etc are performed.

Ensure all tooling assets have agreed, detailed and specific maintenance routines as well as schedules that are adhered to.

To manage tooling inventory so that the status of all tools is defined at all times, with appropriate levels of spares, maintaining a detailed and accurate asset register recording all tooling assets, locations and values.

On a monthly basis ensure that customers are recharged for tooling spares and servicing once the warranty periodof any tooling has expired.To produce a monthly report detailing breakdowns and servicing investigating allexcessive tooling related breakdownsto ensure that they do not re-occur

Liaise with the Industrialisation tooling functionto ensure visibility of and agreedservice strategies for all new tooling.

The negotiation, preparation, implementation management and monthly reporting on the annual tool maintenance budgets.

Provide leadership to the group ensuring effective team performance.

Develop, maintain and manage a continuous improvement culture

Manage, coach and develop the skills of the group

Facilitate improvements to process and procedures

Represent the function at Internal / External meetings and audits

Set and ensure safe working practices are adhered to at all times

Set and ensure housekeeping and cleanliness standards are maintained

Provide a single point of contact for the H&S advisor for the group

Become SME for Risk assessments for the tooling area.(for example using Sevron or similar system)

Monitor the performance of tooling activities undertaken whether internally or externally taking appropriate corrective actions and making recommendations for improvements when needed.

Produce a monthly report detailing departmental activities against published KPIs as well as monthly achievements / concerns

To personally comply and ensure teams operate at all times in a manner fully compliant with all regulatory guide lines and company Standard Operations Procedures (SOPs) at all times.

To provide an out-of-hours service to cover emergency requirements

When required to participate in plant shutdowns for maintenance and to assist with shutdown works. This work usually occurs during the Christmas New Year period but can occur at other times

Conduct themselves at all times in a professional and courteous manner, and maintain a good appearance acceptable to our customers and management

The achievement of agreed personal and team objectives

**To be successful in this role, The Tooling Manager will need the following experience**:
Management experience with teams of technical associates

Computer literate with solid report writing skills

Ability to confidently deal with people of all levels

Able to diagnose Tooling & Hot Runner Systems faults

Preventative Maintenance Procedures & Safe Best Practices

Significant and experience in the development of injection mould tooling systems and processes

Extensive know-how with multiple metrology tools / techniques.

Recognised Toolmaking / Engineering apprenticeship

NEBSM level qualification or equivalent experience

Recognised material processing qualifications

**What you will receive in return,**

You will be joining a successful, privately owned industry leader who are constantly innovating and looking to improve lives, empower patients and relieve the pressure on healthcare professionals. Our client invests heavily in their staff and offer a competitivesalary and benefits package along with the opportunity to develop within the business:
Remote Working

Flexi Time

25 days annual leave (with the opportunity to earn loyalty days with length of service)

Holiday purchase scheme (up to 10 days purchased per holiday year)

Enhanced Family Friendly Policies

Group Life Insurance

Wellbeing initiatives and support

Annual company bonus