Tooling Engineer

We are looking for a Tool Engineer to join our growing company. Our customers drive the work we do. We empower our employees to deliver best-in-class service. As part of our team, you are responsible for identifying new methods, resolving problems, achieving cost savings, and working with internal teams to ensure production runs smoothly and safely. Our ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related field, professional experience within a manufacturing and design environment, and strong problem-solving and math skills.

Responsibilities:
• Manage and resolve tooling problems related to manufacturing
• Coordinate with the plant to resolve safety, quality, throughput, or cost issues related to tooling
• Generate and implement cost savings ideas to reduce tool and manufacturing costs
• Work with the Commodity Manager Customer Service Rep to ensure tool use issues and availability does not interrupt production
• Manage weekly tooling spend against a variable piece cost budget
• Perform and document tool trials
• Revise and update tool drawings and documentation as required
• Develop new systems to recondition and re-use tooling when economically feasible
• Attend regularly scheduled operations and team problem-solving meetings
• Assist the manufacturing team in resolving machining and tooling-related issues relating to costs, scrap rates, and low production rates
• Support cross-functional teams to achieve overall plant metrics
• Recommend optimized machining processes and cutting parameters
• Introduce new technology and improved tooling designs
• Provide year over year Cost per Piece reduction plans
• Coordinate with the preset team on proper tool setup techniques
• Maintain PFEP and use PFEP and Top Spend Data to initiate savings projects
• Utilize the ACD process accordingly
• Adhere to customer safety requirements
• Complete required cost savings and tool test documentation
• Report and document non-conformances, CARs, and continuous improvements
• Maintains safety and good housekeeping standards for the site
• Make decisions within the limits of general standards or procedures
• Report near misses and incidents to the site manager and cooperate with investigations.
• Adhere to customer tool test procedures
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:
• 5 years of experience working in production machining or a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or experience working in a closely related technical field preferred
• Prior experience designing and tooling parts in a manufacturing environment
• Strong math and problem-solving skills and ability to read blueprints and schematics
• Proficiency with computers
• Able to work with little to no supervision and ability to multitask
• Strong interpersonal, leadership, and organizational skills
• Good written, and oral communication skills, computer, and system knowledge