Tooling and Die Maintenance Manager

Manager directs and supports activities related to tool and die maintenance, repair, new tool build, and continuous improvement. Ensures the department supports production by maintaining high-quality tooling, minimizing downtime, and driving efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• The role will work collaboratively with leadership and press and other related departments, resolve problems using root cause analysis and plan and prioritize work to support efficient manufacturing initiatives.
• Oversee repair, sharpening, and preventive maintenance of progressive, transfer, blanking dies, and other stamping tools.
• Troubleshoot tooling failures and coordinate rapid response to production issues.
• Ensure proper documentation of tool repairs, revisions, and improvements.
• Manage new tool builds, die tryouts, engineering changes, and modifications.
• Work directly with engineering, quality, and production teams to improve tool reliability and part quality.

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years of tool and die experience in a stamping environment.
• 3+ yeas of hands-on leadership or supervisory experience required.
• Strong competency with micrometers, indicators, surface grinders, CNC/Manual machining.
• Ability to read die designs, GD&T drawings, and engineering prints.
• Strong problem-solving skills and understanding of stamping operations.
• Expert level working knowledge of progressive dies
• Can troubleshoot complex dies - Experience with die builds, repairs, and maintenance
• Growth mindset, collaborative, mentoring and accountability focused leadership mentality.