Tooling Engineer

Tooling Engineer

The Tooling Engineer develops and maintains effective methods of efficient and profitable manufacturing by installing approved methods and standards, recommending efficient distribution of manpower, analyzing plant methods and standards, preparing cost estimates of changes in plant layout and material handling and performing time and motion studies. The Tooling Engineer provides technical expertise in the areas of product, material, process and quality.

Core competencies include time management, mathematical reasoning, problem solving, decision making and judgement, communication, team work, ethics and integrity, accountability and dependability, analytical thinking, and customer satisfaction.

Flex-N-Gate training requirements include:

1. CHRF.00003 New Employee Orientation
2. Advanced Product Quality Planning
3. C-TPAT Training
4. Combustible Dust Training
5. Confined Space – Ent, Att, Supv
6. Confined Space Awareness
7. Control Plan
8. Design FMEA
9. Die Cart Training
10. Electronic ECN Training
11. Gas Air Monitoring
12. Lock Out Tag Out Affected Employee
13. Machine Guarding
14. PFMEA Overview
15. Power Press
16. Used Oil/Universal Waste

• Quality Management Systems - CQAM.00001 Quality Management Systems Manual
• ISO 9001, IATF 16949, and applicable Customer Specific Requirements

Job duties include:

• Co-ordinating tooling for new jobs and/or changes to existing jobs in accordance with customer specifications.
• Ensuring advanced programs adhere to customer specifications and established standards.
• Creating and maintaining timelines for production tooling and equipment engineering changes, vendor tryouts and installation, and final tryouts.
• Following up on tooling and equipment related to engineering changes or new builds and providing direction and assistance to vendors.
• Soliciting vendor quotes and helping select vendors on basis of cost, timing and previous work quality.
• Being 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.
• Being responsible for the transfer of engineering data to supplier operations when necessary.
• Being responsible for tooling set up sheets.
• Being responsible for Product Verification Database.
• Being responsible for Document Control Change Form (DCCF)
• Being responsible for updating Master Blue Print Listing
• Quoting, analyzing and managing any cost reductions and improvements in current production and continuous improvement projects.
• Providing engineering support on technical issues to all departments.
• Finding new product and manufacturing methods to improve production.
• Providing support to tooling and weld technicians in problem solving any process deficiencies in the tooling or welding of certain product.
• Understanding strain grid analyses and forming analyses for forming die operations.
• Working with the customer (engineering) in the development of manufacturing product design.
• Assisting 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.
• Understanding, adhering to and practicing safety guidelines in the production environment.
• Monitoring progress of jobs being performed by tool sources and assisting them with any problems they may have.
• Reviewing tool designs submitted by tool sources and making necessary recommendations to meet customer specifications and assure process capability.
• Ensuring timing, cost and customer satisfaction throughout the program duration.
• Ensuring that all information and communications are documented and relayed throughout the appropriate channels.
• Analyzing and implementing the most economical production methods of equipment.
• Analyzing and implementing an effective method to reduce steel progression.
• Initiating, facilitating and maintaining project plans for all team members.
• Identifying and qualifying all potential program risks, identifying program unknowns and establishing contingency plans to keep the program progressing.
• Maintaining program timing and budgets.
• Attending APQP meetings to support successful launch of new programs.
• Attending new tooling reviews with corporate tooling design team.
• All other duties as assigned.
• The incumbent is responsible for the awareness, understanding, specific responsibilities and management of the Environmental Management System (EMS) as stated in EMS policy CEVPL.00005.
• The incumbent is responsible for the awareness, understanding, specific responsibilities and management of the Quality Management System (QMS) as stated in CQAM.00001 – Corporate Quality Manual.

Requirements include:

• 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.
• Technically inclined.
• Strong commitment to quality.

Working conditions include:

• Physical ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Manual dexterity required to use desktop computer and peripherals.
• Ability to physically implement designs.