Tooling Maintenance Manager

GENERAL ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Worthington Armstrong Venture (WAVE), a joint venture between Worthington Industries and Armstrong World Industries, has established worldwide leadership in the production of suspended ceiling systems.

WAVE produces metal ceiling grids that can be combined with Armstrong ceiling boards as a complete package or sold individually.

Founded in 1992, WAVE operates under a long-standing corporate philosophy rooted in the golden rule.

This philosophy serves as an unwavering commitment to the customer, supplier, and shareholder, and it serves as the foundation for one of the strongest employee-employer partnerships in American industry.

For more information about our products, please visit http://www.worthingtonarmstrongventure.com

WAVE is currently looking for a Tooling Maintenance Manager to join our team!

The Tooling Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading the tooling department in the support of the business operating plan, including a focus on quality, cost, delivery requirements and world-class performance in safety.

This leader should be able to positively manage a diverse and skilled workforce by focusing on talent development and succession planning.

Most importantly, this person must create a culture that embraces change and focuses on continuous improvements.

The Tooling Manager will work with cross-functional team members to implement continuous improvement tools using LEAN and SMED concepts, metrics, standard work practices, schedule adherence to commitments to support the operations, resource allocations and performance reporting.

This position will develop key short-term performance goals, and partner with various resources to develop solutions to meet customer needs and improve internal processes to enhance the total customer experience and lower manufacturing costs.

KEY PROCESSES (Ownership/Participation):



* Supports and demonstrates the WAVE Philosophy and Operating Principles in all activities.


* Provides safety leadership using WAVE's 8-Step Safety Process to manage safety daily.


* Serves as coach, developer, and trainer for the team.


* Encourages self-motivation and self-awareness by administering fair and honest mid-year and annual performance reviews to each team member.


* Work with the team to develop and maintain a work order system that gives the EE's clear targets and metrics to gauge their personal performance but also helps us identify our biggest areas for improvements in tooling cost and downtime reduction.


* Drives Process Improvement, LEAN and SMED concepts.

Assist the team in defining and revising Standard Work practices.


* Assists in preparation of annual budget requests for tooling, prepares capital budget requests and submits for management approval.


* Develop team members that earn opportunities for future growth and then support them along that path.


* Develop action plans, in conjunction with employees, for performance ...