Prototype Tooling Supervisor

Hunter Industries Brand•San Marcos, CA

1d•$90,000 - $115,000

About The Position

About This Role: Responsible for leading the prototype and fabrication activities in support of engineering projects. Responsible for directing, coordinating, providing leadership and guidance to employees. Demonstrates behavior that is consistent with the company’s values of Customer Satisfaction, Innovation, Family, and Social Responsibility. Essential Job Functions/Tasks: Supervises and is responsible for hiring, training, performance management, and other people leadership activities Provides leadership and technical assistance to trained staff in the manufacture of injection molds, machined and printed prototypes, fixtures, inspection, and test apparatus. Works with cross-functional teams and internal customers to organize, plan and prioritize workflow. Supports research testing and data collection, analysis and prototype evaluation efforts. Identifies and evaluates and current and future departmental equipment, technology, and training requirements. Maintains prototype shop equipment. Orders supplies, test equipment, and procures tools and other prototype equipment as required. Recommends and implements process and procedural workflow improvements between Prototype shop and customers. Maintains budgets, provides and presents information on department costs and performance. Enforces the use of personal safety equipment. Provides a clean and safe working environment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or a combination of education and relevant work experience.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in injection mold tooling or other high precision machining evironment.
Minimum of 2 years in supervisory role.
Working experience in product development environment.
Requires strong knowledge of plastic injection mold design and fabrication.
Familiarity with prototyping methodologies including common 3D printing technologies.
Strong leadership, initiative, and organizational skills to maintain high resource utilization on value added efforts.
Ability to track and prioritize tasks from multiple customers, as well as set, and update stakeholder expectations with tasks.
Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and be able to present information to other departments or teams.
Computer skills including knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
Ability to use problem solving tools and techniques in iterative design oriented environment preferred.
Flexible and able to adapt to changing organization needs.

Responsibilities

Supervises and is responsible for hiring, training, performance management, and other people leadership activities
Provides leadership and technical assistance to trained staff in the manufacture of injection molds, machined and printed prototypes, fixtures, inspection, and test apparatus.
Works with cross-functional teams and internal customers to organize, plan and prioritize workflow.
Supports research testing and data collection, analysis and prototype evaluation efforts.
Identifies and evaluates and current and future departmental equipment, technology, and training requirements.
Maintains prototype shop equipment.
Orders supplies, test equipment, and procures tools and other prototype equipment as required.
Recommends and implements process and procedural workflow improvements between Prototype shop and customers.
Maintains budgets, provides and presents information on department costs and performance.
Enforces the use of personal safety equipment.
Provides a clean and safe working environment.