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## Tooling ManagerApplylocations: Charter Aarrowcast - Shawano, WItime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R07794## Charter Manufacturing is a fourth-generation family-owned business where our will to grow drives us to do it better. Join the team and become part of our family!**POSITION PURPOSE/MISSION**:Lead and direct multi-site tooling operations across the Shawano and Bonduel, Wisconsin locations. This role is primarily responsible for creating and maintaining tooling, patterns, and core boxes in a green sand foundry environment. The Tooling Manager will guide a team of internal Pattern Makers and assigned production employees to ensure our tooling is properly prepared for new product launches, meets customer requirements, adheres to production schedules, and supports long-term operational needs.**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS**:* Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience.* 7+ years of experience in a heavy manufacturing, foundry, tooling, machining, pattern making, or related manufacturing environment.* 3+ years of supervisory/leadership experience in a manufacturing, foundry, tooling, machining, or pattern-making environment.* Experience managing or leading a pattern shop, tool and die operation, or a similar skilled trades environment.* Demonstrated knowledge of green sand foundry operations, including pattern creation, pattern maintenance, core boxes, gating, rigging, molding lines, and tooling requirements.* Experience with CAD, CAM, CNC equipment, tooling design software, or computerized maintenance/work order systems.* Demonstrated experience in cost reduction through process improvements, Continuous Improvement techniques, tooling reliability improvements, and project management.* Ability to read and interpret blueprints, drawings, specifications, work instructions, and customer requirements.* Knowledge of precision measurement instruments, machining equipment, power tools, hand tools, and tooling repair methods.* Ability to evaluate tooling condition, prioritize repair and maintenance needs, and determine appropriate corrective actions.* Demonstrated experience in fostering a culture of teamwork, including cross-functional teams, to coach, motivate, lead, and develop direct reports.* Proficient in the basic features of Microsoft Office products.**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**:* Master’s Degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience.* 10+ years of experience in a heavy manufacturing, foundry, tooling, machining, pattern making, or related manufacturing environment.* 5+ years of supervisory/leadership experience in a manufacturing, foundry, tooling, machining, or pattern-making environment.* Experience working in a green sand iron foundry environment.* Experience managing pattern shops, tooling departments, machining areas, or skilled trades employees.* Experience coordinating outsourced tooling, pattern construction, pattern repair, or vendor-performed tooling work.* Experience in an organization with ISO/Quality System Requirements.**MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES**:* Lead multi-site tooling operations across the Shawano and Bonduel locations.* Direct an organized and systematic approach to the tooling needs of the plant by managing staffing, equipment, tooling priorities, training needs, tooling capacity and capability, pattern readiness, and tooling maintenance.* Work directly with internal teams such as New Product Development, Commercial, Operations, Safety, and Quality, as well as external vendors and customers to define tooling requirements.* Lead tooling operations for the green sand foundry environment via pattern creation, pattern modification, pattern repair, core box readiness, gating, mounting, rigging, outsourced tooling, and tooling maintenance activities.* Supervise Pattern Makers and Production Shift Supervisors by providing operational direction, assigning priorities, monitoring performance, developing employees, and ensuring work is completed according to safety, quality, customer, and production requirements.* Participate in developing and managing the tooling operation budget including materials, outsourced tooling, repair costs, supplies, and tooling-related capital needs.* Ensure patterns, core boxes, gating, and related tooling comply with quality, customer, production, and dimensional requirements.* Coordinate with production, quality, engineering, maintenance, scheduling, safety, and external vendors to resolve tooling-related issues and support production schedules.* Review blueprints, drawings, specifications, customer requirements, and work instructions to ensure tooling is created, modified, repaired, and maintained to exact requirements.* Follow Environmental, Quality and Safety Management System procedures and requirements.* Ability to meet the essential job requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation, as outlined in the job description.**RESPONSIBILITIES FOR SUPERVISION**:* Production Shift Supervisors* Pattern Makers* Forklift Operators* CDL Driver & Technicians**ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:*** Reports to: Plant Manager* Primary internal customers: Production, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Safety, Human Resources, New Product Development, Commercial, Plant Leadership.* Primary external customers: Tooling vendors, pattern suppliers, equipment suppliers, and customers as required by the business.**POSITION CHALLENGES**:* Responding to changing customer, production, and tooling requirements.* Balancing urgent production needs with preventive maintenance, new tooling creation, pattern repair, outsourced tooling coordination, and long-term continuous improvement initiatives.* Coordinating tooling priorities between locations to support customer demand, new product launches, production schedules, and long-term operational needs.We offer comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits, along with a 401(k) plan that includes employer matching and profit sharing. Additionally, we offer company-paid life insurance, disability coverage, and paid time off (PTO). #J-18808-Ljbffr