Maintenance and Tooling Supervisor

Key Responsibilities

Safety & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with OSHA, environmental, and company safety standards. 
• Enforce lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures and safe maintenance practices. 
• Maintain compliance with ISO/IATF or other customer-specific requirements. 
• Support audits and corrective action activities. 

Maintenance Management

• Lead preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs for injection molding equipment, P.M’s and plant utilities. 
• Ensure high availability and reliability of: 
  • Injection molding machines 
  • Robots and automation systems 
  • Chillers, dryers, compressors, and conveyors 
  • Plant electrical and mechanical systems 
• Develop and manage maintenance schedules to minimize production downtime. 
• Troubleshoot mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical issues. 
• Coordinate emergency repairs and root cause analysis for equipment failures. 
• Maintain  maintenance records, spare parts inventory, and equipment history. 

Tooling & Mold Management

• Oversee mold maintenance, mold repair, and tooling readiness. 
• Establish preventive maintenance schedules for molds and tooling. 
• Coordinate mold changeovers and ensure tooling availability for production. 
• Manage mold trials, troubleshooting, and optimization activities. 
• Work closely with production and quality teams to reduce tooling-related defects. 
• Coordinate with external mold makers and tooling suppliers when required. 

Team Leadership

• Supervise maintenance technicians, mold technicians, and tooling personnel. 
• Provide technical training and performance coaching. 
• Ensure staffing coverage for all production shifts when necessary. 
• Promote a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement. 

Continuous Improvement

• Drive TPM
• Improve OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) and reduce downtime. 
• Identify cost-saving opportunities related to maintenance and tooling operations. 
• Implement predictive maintenance technologies and best practices. 

Budget & Vendor Management

• Work with leadership team to manage maintenance and tooling budgets. 
• Control tooling repair costs and spare parts expenditures. 
• Negotiate with vendors and service providers. 
• Manage contractor work and external maintenance support. 

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field preferred. 
• Technical diploma with extensive relevant experience may be considered. 

Experience

• 5–10+ years of maintenance and tooling experience in an injection molding manufacturing environment. 
• Minimum 3 years in a supervisory or management role. 
• Experience with hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, and automation systems. 
• Strong knowledge of plastic injection molds and mold maintenance practices. 

Technical Skills

• Knowledge of injection molding processes and equipment. 
• Familiarity with PLC troubleshooting and automation systems. 
• Experience with CMMS systems. 
• Understanding of preventive and predictive maintenance methodologies. 
• Ability to read mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and tooling blueprints. 

Soft Skills

• Strong leadership and communication skills. 
• Problem-solving and analytical thinking. 
• Project management and organizational skills. 
• Ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. 

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Machine uptime percentage 
• Preventive maintenance completion rate 
• Mold/tooling downtime reduction 
• OEE improvement 
• Maintenance cost control 
• Scrap reduction related to tooling/equipment 
• Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) 
• Safety incident rate 

Working Conditions

• Manufacturing plant environment with exposure to heat, noise, and moving machinery. 
• May require occasional overtime, weekends, or on-call support. 
• Standing, walking, lifting, and hands-on troubleshooting required. 

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Frequently required to sit, stand, walk; Use hands or fingers, handle or feel; Reach with hands or arms; Climb or balance; Stoop, Kneel, Crouch or crawl; Talk or hear.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Due to ITAR and / or CUI compliance, this position requires candidates to be a U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident Alien, or Protected Individual per 8 U.S.C.1324b(a)(3).

Candidates being considered for hire must pass a pre-employment background check.

Compensation and Benefits:

Pay Range: $95,000- $115,000.00 (Pay to be determined by the experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the candidate, and alignment with market data)

Benefits Offered: Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental and vision coverage; company-paid basic life/AD&D insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance; voluntary supplemental insurances, flexible spending accounts and employee assistance program (EAP). Sick Leave, Vacation Time, and company-paid Holidays are also provided as paid time off. Nelson Miller Group also provides a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan option with a safe harbor non-elective company contribution.

Nelson Miller Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.