Tooling Engineer

Tooling Engineer Opportunity

Our client is a metal fabrication operation, and they need a Tooling Engineer for their growing operation. A well-organized engineer, who can work independently and meet goals on time with expected results is what we are looking for. You will report to the CI Manager.

Company – A major player in the casting and machining industry

• A growing $200 million organization with 1,300 employees and 4 divisions
• Production orders booked out for a year.
• Markets served include defense and aerospace
• This division is an investment casting foundry with 120 team members
• Certifications include: AS9100, ISO 9001, Nadcap, and ASNT Levels II & III.
• Led by a dynamic leadership team they promoted from within to take the organization to new heights.
• Outstanding culture focused on safety and the growth of the individual.

Benefits:

• Health, dental, vision, disability & life insurances
• 401K match of 3% when you put in 6%
• Profit Sharing – First 6% is added to your 401K in addition to the match, and then there is a realistic potential for an additional cash payout.
• Paid holidays and vacation
• Educational benefits
• Employee assistance program
• Relocation assistance if needed

What You Will Be Doing:

• Manage new part tooling needs and requests for investment cast tool fabrication & tool modifications. Responsible for tool build schedule and validation for customers in the defense, aerospace, commercial, energy and petrochemical industries.
• Work collaboratively with Customers, Engineering, Operations, and Sales as well as tooling vendors to coordinate the design and successful release to production of investment cast tooling to achieve part quality, shop productivity, and budgetary objectives.
• Coordinate tooling maintenance and improvement activities. Responsible for tooling revision levels for both the part model and tooling via the tool database.
• Monitor tooling performance, Identify and execute corrective actions for tooling operational issues or improvement opportunities, then verify the effectiveness using quantitative and statistical tools.
• Directly support production needs for tooling maintenance including diagnosis, replacement of wear items and in-house modification to ensure functionality.
• Subject Matter Expert for dimensional inspection. This includes development of inspection plans, maintaining calibration requirements and programming inspection equipment such as the CMM and Laser Scanner.
• Engineering and support activities as required to support continuous improvement and improved plant profitability.

What They Are Looking For:

• 5+ years' experience in design of tooling for metal or plastic processes
• BS Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent, an associate's degree with excellent experience will be considered with additional experience
• Having strong organizational skills with a passion to meet deadlines
• Demonstrated competency utilizing CAD software (SolidWorks preferable).
• Experience with software for GD&T, casting simulation & modeling is desired