Process Coach Toolroom at Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa

ROLE SUMMARY

• Supervise and coach a team of toolmakers within a tool shop whose primary function is to maintain the FPS system and encourage continuous improvement in manufacturing processes.

POSITION DETAILS

• Coach Safety, Quality, and Productivity to ensure objectives are met by following standardized work.
• Optimize throughput in accordance with budgets and cost objectives.
• Support Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) and coach problem resolution to the lowest level.
• Communication and Recognition.
• Meet FTT, inventory, cost, scrap, supply and tooling expense targets
• Build Team Leader and Team Member capability
• Create a conducive work environment for the team(s) to complete their assigned responsibilities/tasks.
• Basic administration of supervisory responsibilities and documents.
• Coordination of Safety Operating System activities including overhead safety, lifting and rigging, and Energy Control and Lockout procedures.
• Lead skilled trades/die maintenance personnel to evaluate Die Readiness requirements for maintaining and improving production yields, and uptime.
• Supervise preventative maintenance schedules, inspections, and repairs to minimize downtime.
• Coordinate and schedule manpower and materials to meet maintenance requirements to minimize downtime.
• Responsible for monitoring day-to-day production processes, Draw panel formability, last hit process, and contamination investigation.
• Understanding and expertise in draw die forming, maintenance of beads, trim steels, and pierce operations.
• Ability to coordinate major and minor die repairs.
• Determine and correct the root cause of related downtime issues.
• Assist and teach die maintenance troubleshooting techniques to improve the mean time between failure and mean time to repair.
• Ensure start-up readiness for production.
• Coordination of maintenance activities with other plant operations. Identify and ensure that safety hazards and unsafe practices are corrected and addressed.
• Performs other related duties.

RESPONSIBILITIES

PERFORMANCE MEASURES/ SUCCESS CRITERIA

• Stamping production rate.
• First time through part acceptance.
• Mean time to repair.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES

• Fundamental working knowledge of automotive press die forming in a production environment.
• Ability to work any shift as well as rotating shifts and weekends.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
• Capable of assigning work to the hourly workforce and holding employees accountable for following processes pertaining to daily work assignments in terms of safety, quality, and throughput
• Strong organizational and administrative skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and leadership behaviors.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Strong problem-solving and conflict-management skills.
• Knowledge of CAD Software. (Preferably Catia).
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Knowledge of constraint management principles.

 QUALIFICATIONS and EXPERIENCE

• National Diploma
• Toolmaker trade certificate with at least 8 years of experience in an Automotive stamping plant. (Over 2 models experience, 1 launch)
• 3 years’ experience with A-class surface dies.
• 3 years' experience managing a work force.
• Proficient Microsoft Office skills (Word/Excel/Outlook)