Tooling Engineer

CV-Library
Shifnal, Shropshire
11 months ago
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A recognised high volume manufacturer are currently looking to strengthen their Tooling department with the appointment of a Tooling Engineer.

Working from their manufacturing facility in Shropshire, the Tooling Engineer will be responsible for:

*Responsible for owning and delivering all new Tooling projects
*To review and buy off Tooling designs.
*Project management of tooling suppliers.
*Attend buy off events and oversee sampling and commissioning at suppliers and home line.
*Own and manage Pre and Final acceptance tests.
*Produce 2D product, tooling, fixture, equipment drawings to support manufacturing, quality and engineering activities.
*Part Feasibility reviews and to apply design for Manufacturability (DFM) principals to evaluate product designs.
*Complete understanding of part tolerances, dimensional capability statistics and GD&T.
*Generate and develop Part and Tooling CAD models using SolidWorks or CATIA and Produce 2D product, tooling, fixture, equipment drawings to support manufacturing, quality and engineering activities.
*Capable of interrogating flow analysis reports.
*Generate SOR, RFQ to support engineering and quoting activities.
*Support continuous improvement activities through effective use of 3D and 2D CAD to propose product design changes and tooling improvements
*Participate in root-cause analysis and implement countermeasures
*Maintain master tool drawings and facilitate access to Toolroom staff for all tooling maintenance – minimizing downtime and costs.
*Assist with department standardisation process.
*Validation of Flow and thermal analysis during production, work closely with toolroom and process engineers to capture lessons learned.
*Review current production tooling issues and identify areas for improvement.

The successful candidate should have a minimum of an Apprenticeship or ONC/HNC and be familiar with die casting processes.

If you believe you have the required skills and experience please apply now.

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