Manager - Tool Room

Job Description:

Position:         Manager - Tool Room 

Location:        Zaroli - Bhilad

Experience:     10 - 15 Years

Industries:      Automobile

Responsibilities:

• Tooling Development & NPD Support
• Review customer drawings, specifications, and APQP inputs for tooling feasibility.
• Design and develop plating racks, painting fixtures, jigs, gauges, and handling tools.
• Ensure tooling supports process capability, appearance requirements, corrosion resistance, and cycle time.
• Support process trials, pilot runs, PPAP activities, and SOP stabilization.
• Ensure tool readiness as per NPD timelines..
• Tool Room Operations & Preventive Maintenance
• Plan and implement preventive maintenance (PM) for all tooling and gauges.
• Maintain tool history cards, life monitoring, wear analysis, and repair records.
• Ensure tooling availability to avoid line stoppage and quality issues.
• Implement tool identification, traceability, and status control. 
• IATF 16949 Compliance & Audit Awareness
• Ensure compliance with IATF 16949 requirements, customer-specific requirements (CSR), and internal QMS procedures.
• Maintain and update tool-related documents in line with APQP, PFMEA, and Control Plan.
• Ensure tooling risks are identified in PFMEA and controlled on shopfloor.
• Ensure change management (ECN / PCN) is followed for all tooling modifications.
• Ensure customer approval is obtained where tooling changes impact product or process.
• Gauge Control & Calibration
• Ensure all gauges, fixtures, and measuring instruments are calibrated and traceable.
• Maintain calibration schedules, records, and identification status.
• Ensure use of approved and calibrated gauges only at shopfloor. 
• Cost Control & Vendor Management
• Prepare tooling cost estimates for RFQs and NPD projects.
• Develop and manage tooling vendors, fabricators, and job workers.
• Ensure cost-effective sourcing, quality, and timely delivery of tools.
• Drive standardization and reuse of tooling to reduce capex. 
• Production & Quality Support
• Support root cause analysis (RCA) for tooling-related defects and rejections.
• Implement corrective and preventive actions and verify effectiveness.
• Support customer complaints, internal NCRs, and audit findings related to tooling.
• Ensure tooling supports control plan requirements. 
• Safety, 5S & EHS Compliance
• Ensure safe tool room practices, machine guarding, and ergonomic tooling design.
• Implement and sustain 5S, visual management, and housekeeping.
• Ensure compliance with EHS and statutory requirements. 
• Team Management & Competency Development
• Lead and develop tool room engineers, supervisors, technicians, and operators.
• Maintain skill matrix, training records, and competency evaluation as per IATF.
• Ensure team awareness of quality, safety, and audit requirements.  

Required Skills

• Tool design for plating & painting
• APQP, PPAP & IATF awareness
• Gauge control & calibration systems
• Vendor development & cost management
• Team leadership & problem-solving
• Strong audit-facing capability.

Required Qualification: - Diploma/B.E/B.Tech - Mechanical

Salary :- Upto 12.00 LPA

If you are interested for this opening please send updated resume on  same mail with following details.

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