Tooling Engineer - Farmington, United States - Camaco, LLC

Description

Job Description

The Tooling Engineer is responsible for the die and tooling, including the planning, development, deployment, and execution of the tooling maintenance processes to achieve organizational objectives. Continually improves the performance of tooling through improvement projects and promotes a predictive, not reactive, maintenance philosophy by taking a proactive approach to preventative maintenance and quality. Oversees new tool builds and replacement tooling procurement, including cost estimating, and sets inventory levels to assure tooling availability and performance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Review production scheduling to prioritize and direct tooling maintenance and repair activities, including assigning tooling technician resources as necessary for all PM's, routine service, and emergency repairs of tooling
• Manage a tooling maintenance scheduling and tracking system that is visual, accurate, and adequate to meet all internal and external requirements.
• Use a data driven approach to tooling maintenance and repairs, which includes tracking hit counts and maintenance history, to predictively schedule necessary actions in order to minimize tooling cost per hit, scrap generation, and machine downtime
• Facilitate effective communication across all facilities to share progress, status, and lessons-learned
• Responsible for contacting tooling vendors for repairs in a timely manner, and securing competitive quotes for repairs being performed
• Lead cost estimating activities during the bidding process for new programs and provide support to sales and engineering on tooling cost changes that result from program design changes
• Oversee all new tool builds and outside maintenance/repair activities on existing tools to ensure full compliance to standards
• Collaborate with customers and engineering peers to ensure design for manufacturability of new programs
• Responsible for tracking tool life and submitting cavity replacement needs to support customer demand and insure product quality
• Responsible for meeting the monthly budgets for tooling repair, maintenance, and replacement
• Document and maintain maintenance logs for repair and maintenance activities by tool
• Regularly review dimensional reports on tools to ensure full dimensional compliance to all internal and external requirements
• Provide engineering floor support on production dies and tooling for advanced troubleshooting to minimize downtime and scrap
• Assist in the education and training of floor personnel to enhance employee ownership and quality improvement
• Assists in coordinating design and delivery of new machinery, tool & die handling equipment and miscellaneous supplies/tools to support tool room activities
• Able to travel at least 30-40%, including international travel
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related technical field; or equivalent education and training required.
• 6+ years of experience
• Experience in automotive seating.

Competencies

• Technical capacity to include the ability to write technical reports and create process designs
• Strong analytical, mathematical capabilities
• Excellent Problem Solving/Analysis & Creativity
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and manuals
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities
• Computer Skills: Computer literate to write, read, and reply to e-mail. Excel, MS Project, and AutoCAD experience.
• Ability to view, measure, and section assemblies in 3D modeling software.
• Read and interpret Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Cost estimating and budget management
• Advanced knowledge of safety, durability, quality, build and tooling requirements
• Team player, ability to interface with all levels of personnel including customers & suppliers
• Confidentiality

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office setting and on the plant floor.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to walk, stand, kneel, crouch, talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception.