Tooling Coordinator Ready to put your manufacturing experience to work? Join our Winsted, CT team as a Tooling Coordinator and play a key role in supporting our manufacturing operations. You'll help keep production moving by ensuring the right tooling, gages, fixtures, and setup materials are available when and where they're needed. The Tooling Coordinator supports plant operations by managing, issuing, and maintaining tooling and setup kits used throughout the manufacturing floor. This position plays an important role in ensuring manufacturing teams have the correct tooling, gages, fixtures, and setup materials available when needed. The Tooling Coordinator also supports continuous improvement initiatives focused on setup efficiency, tooling availability, inventory accuracy, cost reduction, and improved tooling and supply practices. Essential functions include managing and maintaining inventory of fixtures, diamond rolls, gages, scooters, set masters, and other tooling; performing daily shop-floor walks to identify gages and tooling that are no longer in use and return them to the crib; issuing tooling and materials from the crib to the manufacturing floor as needed; building, maintaining, and continuously improving setup tool kits to support efficient machine setups; developing and improving tooling delivery and staging processes; coordinating operation sheet and tooling documentation control; removing completed operation tool kits from manufacturing cells and returning tooling to the crib; coordinating rejected diamond rolls for repair and ensuring repaired tooling is properly returned and staged; re-staging and organizing all tooling returned to the crib; processing, inspecting, and kitting new tooling entering the manufacturing operation; maintaining and updating tooling surveillance inspection stickers; coordinating the movement and availability of inspection gages between the tooling crib and layout; supporting the supply crib by issuing materials and maintaining accurate inventory levels; working with outside vendors, suppliers, and internal support teams to maintain appropriate tooling inventory and resolve shortages or discrepancies; maintaining accurate tooling inventory records using electronic gage and tooling tracking systems; identifying opportunities to improve tooling availability, setup efficiency, material usage, and overall process effectiveness; actively participating in and promoting continuous improvement, EHS, Quality, and 6S programs; following all company policies and procedures outlined in the Employee Handbook; and performing other duties as assigned. This role helps keep manufacturing running efficiently by ensuring the right tooling and setup materials are available, organized, accurately tracked, and ready for use when needed. Apply today and join our manufacturing team!
Qualifications
Education: High School Diploma or GED required.
Skills and abilities:
Ability to read, write, understand, and communicate effectively in English; basic math skills, including working with decimals and fractions; basic reading comprehension and written communication skills; ability to plan, organize, perform tasks, and make sound decisions in a manufacturing environment; basic computer, keyboarding, and data entry skills; ability to learn and navigate electronic inventory, tooling, and tracking systems; familiarity with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, such as Oracle, is preferred; strong organizational skills and attention to detail; ability to maintain accurate inventory records and follow established processes; ability to work effectively with manufacturing, quality, maintenance, purchasing, and other internal teams.
Experience:
Minimum of 3 years of manufacturing experience required; experience in a warehouse, tool crib, inventory control, or material control environment preferred; experience working with manufacturing tooling, gages, fixtures, or setup materials is a plus; experience using inventory management or electronic tracking systems is preferred.
Equipment:
The position may require the use of manufacturing and production equipment, computers and telephone systems, mobile equipment, lifting devices used to move tooling, fixtures, and other materials. Export-Controlled Data: This position entails access to export-controlled items and employment offers are conditioned upon an applicant's ability to lawfully obtain access to such items. Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
About Us:
Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE: HWM), headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. Our primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems, titanium structural parts and forged wheels. With $8.3 Billion in revenue in 2025, our products play a crucial role in enabling fuel efficiency and lightweighting, contributing to our customers' success and making a positive impact on the world.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Howmet is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email TalentAcquisitionCoE_Howmet@howmet.com
