Tooling Supervisor (Days)

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The Tooling Supervisor has responsibility for all aspects of tooling support for spinning production operations at the St. Louis Membrane Solutions manufacturing facility

Our Membrane Solutions facility assembles, tests, and ships air separation modules ranging from 1" to 8" in diameter for Aerospace (OBIGGS), Nitrogen, Dehydration, and Process gas applications. Assembly is the final production step before product reaches the customer, and quality escapes carry direct customer, contractual, and safety consequences.

Our ideal candidate has excellent leadership abilities coupled with a mechanical aptitude, excellent organizational, planning, interpersonal, communication, and decision-making skills.

In this role you will direct a team of approximately 6-10 tooling technicians and working team leads across all shifts (Yellow/Blue day rotations and Nights), with accountabilities for safety, quality, tooling readiness, preventive maintenance, training, and employee development.

The primary function of the tooling team is to fully support spinning production by ensuring that all tooling required for spinning operations is maintained in a ready-state condition. This includes spinning tooling such as winders, jets, and pumps.

At Air Products we foster a culture of inclusion where every voice is heard, and everyone feels they belong and matter. Additionally, we offer competitive pay and great benefits for our employees. Check out some of our benefits below!

• Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (day 1 of employment)
• 401k with 100% vested company core and match
• Paid Vacation, holidays + sick time
• Paid Parental leave (Up to 4 weeks for both parents)
• Backup Child and Adult Care benefit
• Adoption assistance
• Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
• Life Insurance (AD&D- Paid for by Air Products), Supplemental AD&D
• Legal Plan & Identity theft coverage
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Many more supplemental benefits available

• Excellent face-to-face and written communication skills (Candidate must communicate effectively with operators, maintenance personnel, technical support personnel, management, and all internal and external stakeholders)
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• A keen drive to improve operational execution and maintain high work standards.
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational abilities.
• A safety focus, with a full understanding of the applicability of Government EHS regulations and the Company’s Global EHS policies and procedures to the facility and workers.
• Knowledge of quality systems and the requirements of ISO 9001–2015 and how they apply to production processes is preferred but is not required.

·       A continuous improvement mindset with familiarity in Lean, Root Cause Analysis, and other CI tools is required.

·       Strong mechanical aptitude with hands-on knowledge of tooling fabrication, maintenance, and calibration

·       Comfortable analyzing, interpreting, and communicating data and trends

·       Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to identify, analyze, and resolve tooling-related process conditions

• Excellent people skills and a passion for excellence are required.
• A minimum of 5 years of manufacturing experience with demonstrated supervisory or team lead experience is required.
• An Associates degree in a related technical industry is preferred but is not required.
• A high school diploma or GED is required.
• A valid driver’s license and a good driving record are required.

• SAP experience is preferred but is not required.
• Knowledge of preventive maintenance programs and reliability practices is preferred but is not required.

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