Company: SAN Automotive Industries Pvt. Ltd.

Location: Faridabad / Pali Plant Department: Tool Room / Tool & Die / Engineering Reports to: Director / Plant Head / Senior Management Employment Type: Full-time Industry: Automotive Components / Sheet Metal Stamping / Fabrication / Tool & Die / Manufacturing About SAN Automotive Industries SAN Automotive Industries Pvt. Ltd. is a forward-looking automotive component manufacturing company specializing in precision sheet metal stamping, metal fabrication, welded assemblies, tool and die manufacturing, and engineered metal components. Founded by our Managing Director, Mr.

Dinesh

Gumber, SAN Automotive has built strong manufacturing capabilities across 2-wheelers, 4-wheelers, construction equipment, agricultural machinery, electric mobility, and industrial applications. The company supplies to leading OEMs and Tier-1 companies across India and has experience working with reputed customers such as Maruti Suzuki, JCB, Mitsuba, and other established automotive and industrial companies. As SAN Automotive strengthens its tool room, process engineering, and manufacturing capability, we are looking for a strong Tool Room Head / Tool & Die Engineer who has complete knowledge of sheet metal press tools, die development, tool maintenance, trials, corrections, and production support.

Position Overview The Tool Room Head / Tool & Die Engineer will be responsible for managing tool room activities, developing and maintaining press tools, supporting new product development, reducing tool-related breakdowns, improving tool life, and ensuring stable production quality. The candidate should have strong hands-on knowledge of all types of sheet metal tools and dies, including progressive tools, compound tools, blanking tools, piercing tools, bending tools, forming tools, drawing tools, trimming tools, notching tools, coining tools, cam tools, stage tools, and checking fixtures. This role requires a practical, technically strong, and accountable person who can lead tool makers, coordinate with NPD, production, quality, maintenance, and senior management, and solve tool-related issues quickly and permanently.

Key Responsibilities1.

Tool Room

Management - Lead complete tool room activities and manage tool makers, die fitters, machinists, and support staff.

• Plan and execute tool manufacturing, tool maintenance, tool repair, tool modification, and tool correction work.
• Ensure timely availability of tools for production and NPD trials.
• Maintain tool room discipline, work allocation, tool history, and daily progress tracking.
• Ensure proper storage, handling, and upkeep of tools, dies, fixtures, and gauges.
• Tool and Die Development - Support development of new tools for sheet metal stamping and fabrication components.
• Review tool concepts, strip layouts, tool layouts, operation sequence, forming stages, blank development, and process feasibility.
• Work on progressive tools, compound tools, stage tools, forming tools, bending tools, deep draw tools, trimming tools, and piercing tools.
• Coordinate with design teams, external tool makers, and internal NPD teams for tool development.
• Support trial planning, tool prove-out, correction, and final approval.
• Tool Maintenance and Breakdown Support - Maintain all running tools and dies to ensure stable production.
• Attend tool breakdowns and ensure quick repair with minimum production loss.
• Analyze repeated tool failures and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Improve tool life through preventive maintenance, proper sharpening, replacement planning, and tool care.
• Maintain tool maintenance schedules, tool history cards, and breakdown records.
• Production and Quality Support - Support production during die setting, tool loading, trial runs, and regular production issues.
• Resolve issues such as burr, crack, wrinkle, dent, dimensional variation, hole shift, springback, forming defects, and tool marks.
• Work with quality team to analyze tool-related rejection and customer complaints.
• Ensure tools produce parts as per drawing, approved samples, and quality standards.
• Support process stabilization for critical and high-volume parts.
• Tool Trials and Corrections - Plan and conduct tool trials for new and modified tools.
• Study trial results, part dimensions, forming behavior, and quality issues.
• Identify required corrections in punch, die, stripper, pilots, locators, pads, guides, springs, cams, and forming areas.
• Coordinate correction work and re-trials until parts are approved.
• Maintain trial reports, correction records, and tool approval status. 6.

Progressive

Tooling and Process Improvement - Identify opportunities to convert general tools into progressive tools, compound t