West Pharma Supervisor Toolroom Ops Dublin 

Ireland, Dublin 

739376624

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Toolroom Manager, the Toolroom Supervisor will lead a high performing team to deliver defined business goals and objectives and be responsible for the day-to-day management of toolroom activities within

designated area.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages the day-to-day operations of the assigned tooling team including the management of resources scheduling and prioritizing of duties.
• Responsible for the professional development and performance management of assigned team, providing feedback when necessary.
• Responsible for the repair and maintenance of moulds including monitoring tool performance, completing investigations and performing root cause analysis of major tooling issues.
• Compiles and delivers reports from critical tooling information gathered.
• Establishes strong relationships with customers and suppliers in pursuit of continuous improvement and on-going business development.
• Controls and monitors budget/expenditure within the toolroom.
• Identifies and implements continuous tooling improvements for future/repeat moulds.
• Reports/escalates all issues to Toolroom Manager.
• Assists the Toolroom Manager in the development of tooling documentation and the compiling of maintenance procedures for each mould.
• Works with Production Group Leaders in troubleshooting mould issues.
• Solves, in conjunction with the Quality Department, customer related issues as required.
• Attends internal meetings to establish priorities.
• Liaises with external suppliers on the repair/replacement of tooling components and equipment.
• Assists the Toolroom Manager in the identification and development of talent within the team.
• Identifies, creates and delivers training as required.
• Ensures the capture of all tooling intervention information and data on CMMS.
• Researches and implements improvements to processes and procedures.
• Works autonomously within established procedures and practices.
• Facilitates and leads Lean Sigma projects.
• Complies to all site Environmental, Health and Safety requirements, training and regulations.
• Complies to all local site company policies, procedures and corporate policies.
• Acts in accordance with West’s Guiding Principles and adheres to the Corporate Code of Conduct.
• Perform additional duties at the request of the Toolroom Manager.

Basic Qualifications:

• Toolmaking qualification with minimum 8 years’ experience, ideally with time served producing injection moulds.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a high-volume moulding environment, manufacturing and/or repairing and maintaining multi cavity injection moulds.
• Advanced and specialized tooling expertise, typically developed through a combination of job-related training and considerable on-the-job experience.
• Excellent machining knowledge and skills.
• Must be able to organize and prioritize tasks for self and team.
• Ability to build strong business relationships with all stakeholders.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Previous supervisory experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering/management discipline.
• Project management qualification.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Good understanding of the injection moulding process.
• Experience in maintaining hot runner systems.
• Knowledge of CMMS.
• Knowledge of tooling hydraulics, pneumatics and electrics.
• Proficient IT skills, specifically Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
• Experience in 3D modelling and drawing software packages (e.g. Solidworks).

Travel Requirements:

• Must be able to travel up to 10% of the time.

Physical and Mental Requirements:

Physical:

• Light – exerting up to 20lbs/9kg of force frequently, and/or negligible amount of force frequently constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg control requires exertion of force greater than that of sedentary work and if the worker sits most of the time, the job is considered light work.

• Job-related activities that require physical activity:
  • Must be able to stand/walk for periods of up to 1 hour.
  • Must be able to lift equipment and tools up to 5kg up to 10 times per day.
  • Must be able to climb up and down stairs up to 10 times per day.

Mental:

• • Ability to reason logically and make sound decisions, to consider alternative and diverse perspectives and to communicate effectively both orally and in writing,
  • Ability to simultaneously address multiple complex problems.
  • Ability to work as an integral part of a team.
  • Ability to work under pressure.
  • Ability to understand, remember and follow verbal and written instructions.
  • Ability to complete assigned tasks without direct supervision.

Delegation of duties:

When absent from the site duties and responsibilities will be delegated to the following designates:

• Toolroom Manager
• Toolroom Supervisor
• Toolroom Lead