Tool Room Manager, McAllen Texas

Requisition Number: 52669

Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in materials science. For more than 160 years, Corning has applied its unparalleled expertise inspecialty glass, ceramics, and optical physics to develop products that have created new industries and transformed people’s lives.

Corning succeeds through sustained investment in R&D, a unique combination of material and process innovation, and close collaboration with customers to solve tough technology challenges.

As a leading developer, manufacturer, and global supplier of scientific laboratory products for 100 years, Corning’s Life Sciences segment collaborates with researchers seeking new approaches to increase efficiencies, reduce costs and compress timelines in the drug discovery process. Using unique expertise in the fields of materials science, surface science, optics, biochemistry and biology, the segment provides innovative solutions that improve productivity and enable breakthrough discoveries.

Purpose of Position

康宁生命科学具体的需要的是注射米olding Molds (vs. general molds). Need a hands-on Tool Room Manager to occupy the position. The role will work to establish, document, and continually improve our standard work procedures for the Toolroom department. Key functions of this position include inventory and evaluation of production tooling to ensure that it is kept in good working condition. This includes making decisions about how to repair molds and where the repair work is to be performed. Another key function of this position is to work with the technical personnel at the site and Division level in the maintenance, refurbishment and replacement schedules for molds. The manager will implement a tool tracking system that will establish preventative maintenance routines & schedules, tool verification methods, sampling, and the cataloging of new and modified tooling. This person must also be highly self-motivated and be able to satisfy both internal and external customer requirements while promoting employee engagement.

Major Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement process improvements to optimize productivity and reduce costs.
• Support and maintain quality of mold cavities, environmental and 5-S programs.
• Troubleshoot shop issues involving equipment, machinery and tooling and lead solution implementation.
• Implement root cause methodologies and perform data analysis.
• Provide technical support for machinery and equipment to team.
• Specify and procure new fixtures, equipment and tooling needed to meet production demand and product quality requirements.
• Develop and maintain shop methods standard work and procedures.
• Work with Design Engineering, to resolve production issues and/or implement improvements.
• Liaison to Suppliers and coordinate any contract work to be performed.
• Manage and schedule tooling repairs.
• Assist in departmental/plant training on lean fundamentals.
• Manage and maintain revision control of tooling drawings.
• Assigns and maintains daily work schedule for toolroom personnel.
• Ensures employees have a thorough understanding of their job tasks and any safety hazards and preventive measures that need to be taken that are associated with the work.
• Maintains inventory of spare parts and supplies and issues purchase requisitions, expense reports and capital expenditure request.
• 负责执行,improvement and compliance of a tooling preventive maintenance program.
• Track all tooling assets. Manage documentation associated with tooling CAD and paper files.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

This position provides day to day and long term leadership to the Tooling Department, providing short term tactical plans and long term strategic guidance to define needs, design, acquisition, introduction, administration and performance improvement of equipment, tools, dies, molds, gauges, jigs and associated systems needed to maintain new and existing operations from the equipment and tooling stand point. This position receives assignments in the form of objectives and establishes goals to meet objectives. Provides guidance to subordinates to achieve goals in accordance with established policies. Work is reviewed and measured based on meeting objectives and schedules. Establishes and recommends changes to policies which affect subordinate organization(s). Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve goals results in additional costs and personnel, and serious delays in overall schedules. Frequently interacts with subordinate supervisors, customers and/or functional peer group managers. May interact with senior management. Interactions normally involve matters between functional areas, other plants, divisional groups or customers and the company. Manages, through subordinate supervisors, the coordination of activities of a section or department with responsibility for results in terms of safety, costs, and quality. In some instances, this manager may be responsible for a functional area and may not have subordinate employees.

• Develop short term tactical plans and long-term strategical vision to support business objectives
• Lead TPM culture across the functions and individuals
• Drive cultural changes in the organization to stick to Process Control and Process Discipline
• Lead the organization to secure adherence to policies of Safety and Quality
• Secure the capacity and capabilities within Tooling and Equipment organization to support business objectives
• Secure proper Tooling and Equipment life cycle to meet business objectives
• Drive low cost-effective manufacturing with reliable tools, equipment, and systems
• Other activities could be:
  • Enforce workplace organization
  • Engineering Change Design & Implementation
  • Mold/Tool Design, repairs
  • Quote analysis (Tools and Mold Fabrication machines)
  • Mold problem Analysis at molding machine
  • Follow up to the release of new molds and tools

Education:

• Engineering BS or MS Degree, desired molding science related, or Mechanical related

Work Experience:

• 10 plus years of technical area of tooling, proved experience as Tool Room Manager, development and maintenance experience
• 5 plus of managerial experience

Desired Skills:

• High knowledge in tight tolerance molds
• High Knowledge in hot runner system
• Creo Parametric/Master CAM part design, mold design, machining, assembly, detailing advanced
• Knowledge in Solidworks
• Windchill or any DWG control software Knowledge
• Demonstrates methodic problem analysis and solving skills
• Experience Designing Fixtures and mechanical components.
• Ability to interact with people from Molding Process Engineering
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing and Six Sigma
• Knowledge of metrology and measurement reliability
• Expertise in heat treatment of steel
• Experience in machining of different materials for the manufacture of molds
• Mold Flow Knowledge
• Knowledge of Injection molding machine maintenance in varies tonnages
• Experience commissioning and decommissioning Injection Molding Machines

This position does not support immigration sponsorship.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other legally protected status.