Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform tasks and activities according to all safety requirements with consideration for

       ergonomic factors and the environment.

• Mentors the Plant Tool Engineer in technical issues of the tooling type that they specialize in. Helps train and develop the Tool Engineers.

• Runs tooling design reviews with Plant Tool Engineer, design concepts and develop specifications, standards for prototype and production tooling for the plant.
• Responsible for Tooling Standards.  They are up to date, lessons learned are incorporated, and tools are built to the standard through training of suppliers and monitoring builds.
• Participate and support costing and RFQ process with Costing, Purchasing and Program

      Management Departments including tooling matrix responsibility.

• Create and distributes Scope of Work for New tools and engineering changes to existing tools.
• Track the progress of tooling programs and build process through The APD Tool Maturity Process.
• Assume responsibility for program tool costs and budgets working with program management.
• Responsible for managing the tooling design and build process and providing engineering and tooling support to the launch team, CFT’s and other manufacturing plants as required.
• Support management of engineering changes with program management and drive continuous improvements with all aspects of tooling including suppliers

• Provide pre-production and production troubleshooting support for all tooling and secondary part processing/finishing equipment.
• Ensure compliance with all related IATF16949, QS 9000, ISO 17025 and ISO 14001 procedures and Requirements.
• Willing and able to travel as required to other manufacturing plants and tool shops to support Plant and Non-Plant programs.
• Conduct business in a professional manner and follow all company policies and procedures.
• Share best practices and conduct training when required to transfer knowledge.
• Senior level: Provide deeper product and process expertise, mentoring, and leadership to peers and assigned subordinates.
• Expedite special assignments as directed by management.    

 

Education / Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or manufacturing engineering or related technical degree preferred but not necessary.
• Must be familiar with automotive related component drawings and math data files
• Experience with compression molding, tool design, cost estimation and tool building desired.
• Must have a solid understanding of the manufacturing process and hands-on experience.

Language Ability

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required
• Ability to present information and status to groups of employees or management

Math and Technical Ability

• Strong math, engineering, blueprint, technical documentation and CAD skills are required to handle calculations and problem solving

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to define and solve problems and draw valid conclusions from data and testing

• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions, blueprints, and abstract and concrete variables.

Computer Skills

• MS Office: Word, Excel, Project, PLM, SAP, AutoCAD, Vis view or other commercially available CAD viewing software