Tooling Engineer - Forerunner Solutions

Position Summary - The Tooling Engineer is responsible to manage all tooling and tooling build timelines (Tool Tracker) to ensure consistently high-quality components are produced on time and cost effectively. The Tooling Engineer is expected to ensure the most up to date technologies are utilized to continuously improve our product, meeting our customer’s expectations.

REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of five years manufacturing experience in the automotive industry. Familiar with metal fabricating, assembly processes and related tooling
• BS Mechanical Engineering or Community College graduate technical or a  Journeyman Tool& Die Maker
• Knowledge of progressive dies, transfer dies, blank forming, tube forming
• Advanced GD&T
• Demonstrated planning and system implementation ability

DUTIES:

• Ensure that budgets and objectives are achieved and/or exceeded with respect to tooling.
• Responsible for forecasting and budgeting related to tooling
• Co-ordinates with other departments and facilities the implementation, development, and improvement of new and old programs tooling requirements
• Co-ordinates the fabrication of all required tooling and equipment to support old and new programs
• Coordinates and implements engineering changes on new and existing tooled programs
• Develop and maintains a tooling tracker and reports out accordingly.
• Acts as technical contact for vendors on tooling issues

Outstanding company, competitive salary, great benefits, and relocation.