Tooling Designer

Motor Coach Industries; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Motor Coach Industries is seeking a skilled Tool Designer to create designs and fabrication drawings for tools, fixtures, jigs, and templates to support manufacturing efforts. The role involves reviewing requests, estimating duration, selecting materials, and choosing cost‑effective, safe manufacturing methods.

You will prepare tool designs in Solid Works, review production drawings, and ensure all drawings meet drafting standards while archiving and revising designs as needed.

Qualifications

• Engineering technologist or technician with 3–5 years in manufacturing preferred.
• Experience with Solid Works or other 3D design software.
• Strong teamwork and cross‑functional communication skills.
• Good understanding of machining and fabrication in heavy manufacturing.
• Experience with drafting and blueprint reading.
• Previous product design or tooling design or manufacturing engineering experience is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Prepare tool design concepts for review by project stakeholders.
• Conduct tool design review meetings.
• Visit Carfair Industries and NFI plants to provide tooling support.
• Prepare tool designs and fabrication drawings using Solid Works.
• Review revisions to production drawings for tooling requirements.
• Ensure manufacturing drawings meet drafting standards.
• Document or revise existing tool designs.
• Archive and maintain revision control of tool drawings.
• Prepare quotation packages and tool fabrication support files (.STEP, .DXF).

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Education

Engineering Technologist or Technician qualification

Tools

Solid Works

Unigraphics

3D design software

Job description

As tool designer, you will prepare designs and fabrication drawings of tools, fixtures, jigs and templates to support MCI manufacturing efforts. Also, you will review work requests, estimate project duration, determine material, hardware, and best suitable manufacturing method for each project to ensure tool design and functionality objectives are met with cost effectiveness, safety, and quality in mind.

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of tool design concepts for review by project stakeholders.
• Conduct tool design review meetings.
• Visit Carfair Industries and NFI plants to provide tooling support.
• Preparation of tool designs and their fabrication drawings using Solid Works design software.
• Review of revisions made to production engineering drawings for tooling requirements.
• Ensure that all completed manufacturing drawings meet drafting standards.
• Documentation or revision of existing tool designs.
• Archiving and revision control of existing tool drawings.
• Preparation of quotation packages and preparation of tool fabrication support files (.STEP, .DXF, etc.)
• Participate and adhere to departmental and company standards.

• An Engineering Technologist or Technician with a minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment or equivalent is preferred.
• Enthusiastic, comfortable to work as a part of a team, as well as to work alone.
• Excellent communications skills with cross-functional teams (Production workers, Technicians, Technologists, Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, Vendors).
• Strong work ethic, dependable and willing to continuously learn.
• Knowledge of design applications: Solid Works (preferred), Unigraphics or other 3D design software.
• Good understanding of machining and fabrication methods used in heavy manufacturing environments.
• Experience in drafting and blueprint reading.
• Previous Product Design, Tooling Design, or Manufacturing Engineering experience is an asset.