| Location | Everett, WA |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Salary | $120,000–$140,000 Per Year |
| Additional Compensation | Bonus |
The Tool & Die Manager is responsible for the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of the Tool & Die Shop and Tool Maintenance functions. This position plans, organizes, directs, and controls the production, maintenance, repair, cleaning, storage, and continuous improvement of dies, vacuum calibrators, fixtures, and related tooling. The manager ensures tooling meets approved drawings, quality requirements, production priorities, cost expectations, and agreed delivery schedules while developing a capable and accountable team.
Lead Tool & Die Shop and Tool Maintenance operations, including workload planning, scheduling, staffing, work assignment, and prioritization of production and maintenance needs.
• Develop production plans for dies, vacuum calibrators, fixtures, repairs, and preventive maintenance to support plant requirements and committed delivery dates.
• Monitor safety, quality, delivery, cost, labor utilization, equipment uptime, and material availability; identify constraints and implement corrective action.
• Coordinate tooling priorities and technical requirements with Production, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Purchasing, and other internal stakeholders as well as with Customer interfacing.
• Ensure tooling is manufactured, repaired, modified, inspected, and released in accordance with approved specifications, drawings, tolerances, and quality requirements.
• Review tooling and quality-assurance drawings for accuracy, manufacturability, completeness, and revision control; resolve discrepancies before work proceeds.
• Plan material, labor, outside-service, and equipment requirements and maintain appropriate inventory levels for raw materials, components, and critical shop supplies.
5+ years of leadership or management experience in tool and die, tooling, machining, or a closely related manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of tool and die manufacturing, repair, troubleshooting, machining processes, dimensional requirements, and technical drawings.
• Experience planning work, assigning resources, coordinating priorities, and meeting production or project deadlines.
• Journey-level Tool and Die Maker experience and experience with CAD/CAM, CNC and Wire machining, preventive-maintenance systems, ERP or production-planning systems, budgets, outside suppliers, equipment purchases, or capital projects are preferred.
High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Completion of a recognized tool and die, machining, or manufacturing apprenticeship or technical program is preferred.
Core Competencies
• Our Core Competencies are the commonly defined set of skills, knowledge, traits, and motives required to be successful both individually and collectively at Vision Profile Extrusions, USA Ltd. All Vision Profile Extrusions, USA Ltd employees are rated on these five core competencies: Safety Centered, Customer Focused, Results Driven, Productively Engaged, and Team Oriented.
• Perform job duties safely and efficiently.
• Demonstrate dependability and consistent attendance.
• Work cooperatively and productively in a team environment.
• Demonstrate resourcefulness, accountability, sound judgment, constructive communication, and continuous improvement.
Functional Competencies
• Strong working knowledge of tooling operations, machining practices, measurement methods, blueprint reading, geometric tolerancing, and quality requirements.
• Ability to diagnose tooling and process problems, identify root causes, evaluate alternatives, and implement effective corrective actions.
• Ability to organize competing priorities, make sound decisions, and maintain reliable delivery commitments in a changing production environment.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain technical issues to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Effective leadership, coaching, delegation, conflict-resolution, and performance-management skills.
• Ability to use standard business software and applicable manufacturing systems to plan work, maintain records, and communicate results.
• Sound practical business judgment, integrity, resourcefulness, and accountability.