Highlights
Sterling Engineering is hiring a Tooling Manager for a well-established precision manufacturer seeking an experienced leader to oversee Tool Room, Tool Service, and Punch Department operations. You'll have the autonomy to make a measurable impact by increasing tooling reliability, improving productivity, reducing downtime, and leading continuous improvement efforts across the operation.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Carbondale, PA |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
Description
Title: Tooling Manager
Location: Carbondale, PA
Shift: 1st Shift
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Salary: $95k - 115k per year + monthly bonus (typically around 25-30%)
Shift: 1st Shift
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Salary: $95k - 115k per year + monthly bonus (typically around 25-30%)
Full Benefits Package
Sterling Engineering is hiring a Tooling Manager for a well-established precision manufacturer seeking an experienced leader to oversee Tool Room, Tool Service, and Punch Department operations. This is an outstanding opportunity for someone who enjoys building high-performing teams, improving manufacturing processes, and driving operational excellence. You'll have the autonomy to make a measurable impact by increasing tooling reliability, improving productivity, reducing downtime, and leading continuous improvement efforts across the operation.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead daily operations of the Tool Room, Tool Service, and Punch Departments
- Foster a strong safety-first culture while ensuring compliance with company standards
- Supervise, mentor, train, and develop tooling personnel to maximize performance and career growth
- Improve tooling quality, reliability, and manufacturing efficiency throughout production
- Develop and implement tooling standards, processes, and best practices that reduce costs and improve productivity
- Oversee preventative maintenance, repair, and development of production tooling
- Manage vendor relationships, tooling procurement, and outside tooling services
- Partner with Engineering and Production teams to troubleshoot tooling issues and minimize downtime
- Manage tooling inventory, departmental budgets, and purchasing activities
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on standardization, efficiency, and process optimization
- Support new tooling development and implementation for new and existing manufacturing programs
Qualifications
- Must have Bachelor's Degree, Associate Degree in Engineering, or Journeyman Tool & Die Maker certification
- Must have 5+ years of experience working in a tool room or tooling environment
- Must have strong knowledge of progressive punching and blanking dies
- Experience with CAD and CAM software
- Hands-on experience with CNC machining, conventional machining, and grinding operations
Preferred Qualifications
- Three or more years of supervisory or leadership experience
Why You'll Love This Opportunity
- Opportunity to build and develop a skilled tooling team
- Work with advanced machining, tooling, and manufacturing technologies
- Join a stable manufacturing organization that values innovation, quality, and employee development
- Long-term career growth with opportunities to expand leadership responsibilities
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.