Tool Room Manager
Company: Rieke LLC
Primary Location: Calle Circuito Corral de Piedras, Manzana 1, Lote 16, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato 37888 MEX
Workplace Type: On-site
Employment Type: Salaried | Full-Time
Function: Manufacturing Production / Distribution
Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled
Main Duties & Responsibilities
Position Summary
Responsible for leading the Tool Room operations, including mold maintenance, repair, refurbishment, and new mold construction to support production, new product development, and continuous improvement initiatives across the Americas sites. This role ensures tooling reliability, equipment availability, cost control, and technical excellence across manufacturing operations.
Key Responsibilities
1. Lead the Tool Room team, including technicians and toolmakers.
2. Manage preventive and corrective maintenance activities for injection molds and tooling.
3. Coordinate the design, construction, testing, and validation of new molds and pilot molds.
4. Lead mold construction and maintenance activities supporting manufacturing sites across the Americas region.
5. Support new product development projects by ensuring tooling readiness and technical feasibility.
6. Develop and implement tooling improvement plans to increase productivity, quality, and mold life.
7. Monitor tooling performance indicators, downtime, repair costs, and maintenance efficiency.
8. Coordinate external suppliers and contractors related to tooling fabrication and refurbishment.
9. Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and manufacturing standards.
10. Manage Tool Room budget, tooling investments, and spare parts inventory.
11. Provide technical support to production, engineering, quality, and maintenance teams.
12. Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Manufacturing and problem-solving methodologies.
13. Support troubleshooting activities for molding process and tooling issues.
Qualifications
Qualifications
14. Strong experience in injection molds maintenance and mold construction.
15. Experience managing Tool Room operations in a manufacturing environment.
16. Knowledge of CNC machining, EDM, tooling design, and injection molding processes.
17. Leadership and people management skills.
18. Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
19. Advanced communication and project management skills.
Preferred Experience
20. Packaging, cosmetics, or consumer goods industry experience.
21. Experience with multi-cavity and high-volume production molds.
Benefits
Benefit offerings include Medical Insurance and Prescription Drugs, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability Insurance (for eligible employees), Employee Assistance Plan (EAP), Paid Time Off (may include vacation and sick time), Retirement Program, and Other Voluntary Benefits.