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Supervisor, Tool & Die - 2nd Shift

SpaceX· Materials Engineering - Starlink Operations - BA
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Bastrop, TXfull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Tool & Die Supervisor leading a team in injection molding, aluminum die casting, and stamping tool activities, including build, commissioning, maintenance, and repairs. Partners with cross-functional teams to ensure high uptime and product yield, while enforcing safety, quality, and corporate policies.

Responsibilities

  • Mentor, lead, and supervise up to 20 employees
  • Supervise the production flow within the tool shop, ensuring safety and efficiency of the assembly area
  • Collaborate with shop floor, manufacturing engineers, and quality teams to resolve recurring nonconformance issues
  • Review work order instructions with planners and engineers, recommending changes as needed
  • Meet tight and moving production schedules
  • Coordinate maintenance support during problematic situations
  • Ensure all work is completed on time and to specification
  • Evaluate team members through mid-term/annual reviews
  • Provide regular reports on shop/project productivity status
  • Drive good communication and culture, enforcing systems and corporate policies
  • Monitor labor hours and overtime, approving staff hours
  • Responsible for all aspects of tool making activities
  • New injection mold builds
  • Nominal mold maintenance and repair
  • Support internal machining team during builds/repairs
  • Align with production and engineering to adjust tool maintenance intervals
  • Support engineering to refine mold preparation checklists
  • Coordinate daily scope of work with tool and die team
  • Interview and hire tool making staff for two shifts
  • Support production and maintenance with tooling troubleshooting
  • Identify and proactively execute improvement opportunities within tooling
  • Create and maintain mold spare parts lists
  • Explore future improvements and cost-saving initiatives
  • Support tooling trials internally and/or with outside vendors

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or equivalency certificate
  • 5+ years of professional experience with plastic injection mold maintenance and repair
  • 5+ years of professional experience building new plastic injection molds from raw material
  • 3+ years of leadership or supervisory experience

Skills

Required:LeadershipTooling and mold makingCommunication
Nice to have:Reading drawings and dimensional data
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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