Imagine seeing your work on highways and job sites everywhere you go in the finest trucks ever made. 
Imagine leading the formation of a new stamping facility, operating as if it were a start-up, leveraging the strength of a global heritage brand. 
Imagine the opportunity to use your leadership and technical skills to develop and build a winning team from the ground up.
Imagine deploying state-of-the-art technology within a centre of excellence that’s not just best-in-class for Ford, but best in the world. 
Imagine the career journey of a lifetime. 

As a Stamping Tool & Die Supervisor at Ford Oakville, you will do all that and more. We are investing to expand the Ford Oakville plant to produce the legendary F-Series Super Duty pickup truck. Make the next chapter of your career a long and legendary one: build the best plant from the ground up to build the trucks that keep the world working.

This role will require you to leverage your skills and experience to drive a culture of excellence, focus, and collaboration. As Tool & Die Supervisor will oversee the repair and preventative maintenance of machine shop tools, gauges, fixtures, jigs and dies. You will also be responsible for ensuring departmental productivity, quality, safety, and cost targets are achieved for all stamping dies on your shift. 
 

Minimum Requirements:

Education: 

High School DiplomaValid Tool & Die Maker's Certificate of Qualification Certificate of Apprenticeship

Experience:

3 years of experience in a Supervisory roleTroubleshooting Die issues in Tandem Presses & Transfer PressesFlexibility to work shifts and weekends as required

Preferred Requirements:

Experience working in an automotive heavy stamping facilityExperience tig welding with tool steelBlue light scanning experience Aluminium stamping experienceRoot Cause and Problem-Solving experienceProven experience in home line commissioning of stamping dies or tooling, performing internal try outs, troubleshooting issues during initial run, and making necessary adjustments to meet production specificationsGeneral knowledge of Forming Limit Diagrams (FLD)Understanding and expertise in draw die forming, maintenance of beads, trim steels, and pierce operations

Note: Successful candidates will be required to provide proof of degree completion for the highest level of education attained.  If the degree was obtained from a school outside of Canada, an Education Credential Assessment report showing Canadian equivalency is also required.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Ford of Canada is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a culturally diverse workforce. Accommodations for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment, selection and / or assessment processes, where needed, are available upon request. Please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require. 

Candidates for this position must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited does not sponsor work permit applications.

Mentor and coach safety, quality and productivity to ensure objectives are met through following standardized workLead skilled trades, tool and die makers to evaluate die readiness requirements for maintaining and improving production yields, output, and up time while adhering to budgetary limitations and time constraintsCoordinate and schedule resources and materials, requesting overtime authorization when required to meet maintenance requirements to minimize down timeResponsible for monitoring day-to-day production processes, draw panel formability, last hit process, contamination investigationEnforce health and safety rules in compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards Coordination of Safety Operating System activities including overhead safety, lifting, and rigging and Energy Control and Lockout proceduresDetermine and correct root cause of related downtime issuesLeads problem solving meetings to help eliminate ALL downtimeMentor and teach die maintenance troubleshooting techniques to improve mean time between failure and repairGenerate and implement Cost Savings and Process Improvement suggestionsBasic administration of supervisory responsibilities and documents including time keeping