Position: Toolroom Manager - 45223
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 (DOE)
Toolroom manager required to join a well-established Injection Moulding company based in Birmingham. The successful candidate will comes from a Toolmaker background and have some form of senior experience behind them.
Toolroom manager Job Overview
1. Oversee daily toolroom operations, including scheduling, prioritising, and task delegation.
2. Lead and support toolmakers and machinists, providing training and performance feedback.
3. Manage workflow through the toolroom, including material ordering, progress monitoring, schedule updates, and issue resolution.
4. Work with internal teams to develop and improve tooling designs that meet quality and production needs.
5. Coordinate fabrication, repair, and maintenance of tooling such as moulds, dies, jigs, fixtures, and gauges.
6. Manage relationships with subcontract toolmakers and external partners.
7. Ensure full compliance with safety standards and best practices.
8. Monitor tooling inventory and work with procurement to maintain adequate stock levels.
9. Implement TPM and preventive maintenance in line with IATF requirements.
10. Analyse production data to identify process and efficiency improvements.
11. Maintain accurate documentat...