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Job Title:

Director, Tooling & Chemical Engineering Management

Pay Grade:

M5

Job Description:

Primary Purpose of Role:

The Director of Tooling & Chemical Engineering Management is responsible for the overall safety, performance, and continuous improvement for Tool Room & Cutter Grind Operations that support all HQ manufacturing plants and Engineering Operations prototype/testing requirements. This responsibility also includes purchasing, managing appropriate inventory levels, distribution, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement initiatives for all perishable/durable tooling & chemicals used across the entire facility.

Key Responsibilities:

• Directly manages 5 salaried team members (M2-M3 levels) with indirect management of 8 technical salaried employees, 58 hourly team members (45 skilled trades and 13 MST/Oilers).

• Responsible for managing employee life-cycle including interviewing, hiring, training, developing, managing performance, participating in compensation reviews, and terminations.

• Accountable for developing and managing departmental operating budgets of $9M expense and $3M capital (equipment sustainment & new tooling).

• Accountable for the implementation of a new tooling management system that improves inventory control & management, tooling cost management, efficiency of tooling distribution, and cost reduction initiatives. This includes the implementation of $2.5M in capital in 2024 – 2025. (Tooling expenditures are approximately $14M annually.)

• Responsible for chemical purchases, inventory, plant utilization reporting, recycling, lab testing, new chemical trials, continuous improvement initiatives, and capital projects implementation. (Chemical expenditures are approximately $10M annually.)

• Supports operations by ensuring tooling, gaging, and fixtures are capable and ready as required to meet demand for both existing and new programs. This includes reverse engineering, design build components and interfacing regularly with design engineers / tool designers to fabricate new prototype, production tooling, gaging or parts.

• Responsible for tracking key performance metrics including safety injuries, cost, work backlogs, cutter grind turnaround, and preventive maintenance performance. This includes being a champion for an Operational Excellence pillar within Facilities to help drive continuous improvement initiatives.

• Interfaces with peers and Plant Leadership related to support services.

• Facilitates a weekly Maintenance Managers meeting with key topics on Safety work orders, open red tags, open leak work orders, labor relations/recruiting updates, and other maintenance management topics.

• Ensures team complies with terms of collective bargaining agreement (CBA).

Key Performance Measures:

• Safety

• People

• Quality

• Cost

• Productivity

• Responsiveness

Competencies and Behaviors:

Required:

• Ability to lead and influence a large diverse team to meet departmental objectives and exceed customer expectations.

• Demonstrates the utmost integrity and transparency with a commitment to quality and safety. Trustworthy and accountable for their actions.

• Steadfastly pushes self and others for results, learning quickly and adapting and learning from mistakes.

• Establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers/internal stakeholders.

• Ability to determine methods of repair and manufacture of tools, fixtures, and gages

• Knowledge on reading prints, GDT, and gear analysis

• Good communication and team building skills

• Demonstrates agility, creativity, innovation and a commitment to continuous improvement including embracing and championing Operational Excellence.

• Exceptional organizational and prioritization skills.

• Strong computer skills (Microsoft, PowerBI, Maximo, SAP, Autocad)

• Knowledge of machining operations, such as turning, milling, grinding, and gear cutting.

Preferred:

• Knowledge and experience with 3D printing/scanning

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or 8 years of equivalent experience in Tool Room / Cutter Grind Operations

Preferred

• Masters degree in Related Field of Study

Experience:

Required:

• 8+ years of prior management experience

• Experience with sharpening of cutting tools including hobs, shaper cutters, broaches, shave cutters, and miscellaneous drills and reamers.

Preferred

• 10+ years of prior management experience

• Leadership experience in an UAW environment

• Visual Manufacturing program experience

Scope Factors:

• Director: Seasoned leader with responsibility for managing similar activities of multiple departments, work units, brands, or a large facility

• Third level of management from COO; reporting to Executive Director of Facilities.

• Manager of others in the management track (Likely M1,M2,M3) or team of professional/technical employees

• Occasionally interacts and presents to CEO Staff and senior leadership team. Frequently interacts with peers of the same level or lower across functions. Interaction is both internal and external.

• Manages a team of managers or programs, policies or functions of considerable scope and impact

• Typically contributes directly to business priorities and planning

• Makes final decisions on administrative or operational matters and ensures operations effective achievement of objectives

• Controls resources and policy formation in area of responsibility

• Erroneous decisions will have a serious impact on the overall success of functional, division, or company operations

Primary Location:

Indianapolis, IN

Additional Locations:

Allison Transmission is an equal opportunity employer. We have opportunities for all qualified applicants regardless of age, race, color, sex, religion, creed, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran requiring assistance and/or reasonable accommodations reviewing any of the careers information, please contact us at ati+ask4max@service-now.com .

Please note that Allison Transmission will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Allison Transmission will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.

Allison Transmission is an equal opportunity employer. We have opportunities for all qualified applicants regardless of age, race, color, sex, religion, creed, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran requiring assistance and/or reasonable accommodations reviewing any of the careers information, please contact us at 317-242-5000.

Please note that Allison Transmission will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Allison Transmission will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.