Tooling Engineer

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinates tooling for new jobs and/or changes to existing jobs in accordance with customer specifications.
• Ensures advanced programs adhere to customer specifications and established standards.
• Creates and maintains timelines for production tooling and equipment engineering changes, vendor tryouts and installation, and final tryouts.
• Follows up on tooling and equipment related to engineering changes or new builds and provides direction and assistance to vendors.
• Solicits vendor quotes and helps select vendors on basis of cost, timing and previous work quality.
• Responsible for Design Potential Failure Mode Effect (DFMEA) and Process Potential Failure Mode Effect and Analysis (PFMEA), process flow diagrams for work instructions, packaging instructions for all product.
• Responsible for the transfer of engineering data to supplier operations when necessary.
• Responsible for tooling set up sheets.
• Responsible for Product Verification Database.
• Responsible for Document Control Change Form (DCCF).
• Quotes, analyzes and manages any cost reductions and improvements in current production and continuous improvement projects.
• Provides engineering support on technical issues to all departments.
• Finds new product and manufacturing methods to improve production.
• Provides support to tooling and weld technicians in problem solving any process deficiencies in the tooling or welding of certain product.
• Understands strain grid analyses and forming analyses for forming die operations.
• Works with the customer (engineering) in the development of manufacturing product design.
• Assists in the quoting effort, with the input from affected departments in quoting production tooling and equipment with all the necessary paperwork for engineering changes only.
• Understands, adheres to and practices safety guidelines in the production environment.
• Makes sure all information and communications are documented and relayed throughout the appropriate channels.
• Analyzes and implements the most economical production methods of equipment.
• Analyzes and implements an effective method to reduce steel progression.
• Initiates, facilitates and maintains project plans for all team members.
• Identifies and qualifies all potential program risks, identifies program unknowns and establishes contingency plans to keep the program progressing.
• Maintains program timing and budgets.
• Attends APQP meetings to support successful launch of new programs.
• Attends new tooling reviews with corporate tooling design team.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Tooling or;
• Three to five years related Tool and Die experience in a tooling environment.
• Knowledge of manufacturing systems related to metal stampings.
• Techically inclined.
• Strong commitment to quality.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, prescription, vision, life and disability insurance;
• and a flexible spending account 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Not specified.