Tooling Supervisor
Adient · Battle Creek, MI
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at Adient (automotive) in Battle Creek, MI.
- Tools it names
- Stamping, Tooling, EHS / safety
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How this role compares
Against 26 other live manufacturing postings in Michigan.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Tooling 59%
- CNC 48%
- ✓ Team leadership 44%
- Machining 37%
- Robotics 30%
- ✓ EHS / safety 26%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Adient in Battle Creek
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Responsibilities
- ◆Responsible for daily communication of tooling issues as well as prioritization of such issues to maximize press room productivity and machine utilization.
- ◆Manage tooling personal in all required tooling activities
- ◆Actively participate in tool design to obtain reliability, quality and safety and further maintain competent sources for design and fabrication of tools and machines
- ◆Actively applies new manufacturing technologies and aggressively evaluates and reports on manufacturing opportunities
- ◆Participates in product design activities to assume optimum productivity and costs. Suggests alternative designs, materials or processes.
- ◆Must be capable of resolving all problems while maintaining good rapport with customers
- ◆Recommends changes for the most practical and economical manufacturing processes, including material, labor, tooling and equipment
- ◆Participates in selecting approving and developing tooling and equipment to satisfy manufacturing
requirements
and product design intent Serves as customer liaison as relates to tool design and engineering matters
- ✓Ensures that all relevant new tooling is capable of making required product to meet all timing and production goals.
- ✓Works with tool vendors to insure all open insures as they relate to tool performance or tool adherence to active build standards are closed in a timely manner
- ✓Liaison to tool and equipment manufacturers, contractors and tool and die job shops.
- ✓Engaged in tool build projects.
- ✓Reviews tool build progress, engineering level of product and promotes effort to meet or improve build schedule
- ✓Upton receipt of tooling authorization, initiates and supervises tooling changes to satisfy
requirements
of engineering change
- ✓Actively pursues quality improvements in the stamping process Works closely with Advance Manufacturing Group in Plymouth to provide direction to ensure plants are pursuing latest technological advances
- ✓Perform other duties as required Complete all required and applicable training required by Adient and its customers Comply with BOS, ISO/TS-16949 and Customer Specific Requirements.
- ✓Reference the BOS
Responsibilities
Matrix for all
requirements
related to this job title
- ✓This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee.
- ✓The employee is expected to perform other duties necessary for the effective operation of the department.
Education / Experience / Skills
Journeyman Tool and Die Card through the Department of Labor
Accountabilities
This position reports directly to the Press Room Manager
Qualifications
Previous experience supervising skilled trades Experience training employees in the tool and die trade Pervious experience working as a tool and die maker in a metals plant Experience in progressive and transfer dies Solid leadership skills
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Must be able to meet the
requirements
of being able to work in the United States (INS Form I-9).
EHS
Requirements
Adhere to all Health, Safety and Environmental Standards Report occupational injuries, illnesses and accidents Report hazardous, unsafe and unhealthy conditions
Must be willing to work 2nd shift hours ( 3pm - 12am ) plus overtime as needed
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Job description
Summary
The Tooling Supervisor supervises and coordinates activities of Tool and Die Makers and Trainees. The Tooling Supervisor also helps to train Tool and Die Trainees.
Primary location
Battle Creek Seating Component