Design Engineer: Tooling & New Product Launch

Tenneco Inc.; Greenville (MI); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenneco in Greenville Plant seeks a Design Engineer to drive design engineering activities for new products and processes. You will design, requisition, and manage tooling details, and maintain essential records to ensure accurate specs and BOMs.

You will develop part data records, prints, tooling data, and process routings, while using PLEX to organize and access documentation across the plant. A strong background in blueprint reading and 3–5 years in engineering is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field preferred.
• 3–5 years in engineering or manufacturing experience preferred.
• Experience with blueprint reading and measurements.

Responsibilities

• Designs, requisitions, and receives new tooling and machine details for product and processes at the Greenville Plant.
• Maintains product and tooling records (prints, specifications).
• Conducts quote review meetings for new products.
• Prepares tooling and material requirements for new quoted product. Assists Cost Accounting in developing quotes to be returned to Sales & Applications Engineering.
• Develops part data records, bills of materials, and process routings for new product introduced to the plant.
• Develops product prints (shop prints) and tooling prints. Maintains filing of these prints. Makes prints available to plant personnel via PLEX manufacturing software.
• Creates new work centers and operations in PLEX.
• Creates and maintains tool lists for each job in the plant (tool BOM).
• Works with Sales and customers to develop and implement packaging for new products or revise packaging for existing products.
• Maintains packaging instructions for the plant in PLEX.
• Asserts tool room personnel with technical issues (prints, tolerances, materials, etc).
• Matches orders with prints and receives completed work orders from the tool room.
• Assists with launch of new product.
• Performs other duties as required.

Skills

Design engineering

Customer interaction

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

PLEX manufacturing software

Blueprint reading

Job description

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At Tenneco, we don’t follow industry standards; we set them, and we don’t settle for being best-in-class because we hustle to be better than best-in-class. Whether it’s our Core Values – radical candor, simplify, organizational velocity, tenacious execution and win – or our Get Stuff Done (GSD) mindset, we’re determined to become the most trusted partner and best manufacturer and distributor to the transportation industry.

With a product portfolio as expansive as it is innovative, an obsessive commitment to quality and excellence, and a global presence, we’re all about getting stuff done, so we can win.

How do we make it happen?Through the Tenneco Way. Fueled by our Core Values, a winning mindset and a relentless commitment to excellence, the Tenneco Way is how we win. It’s what keeps Team Tenneco bold, driven, and unapologetically focused on pushing past limits and redefining success.

Here, you’ll work alongside a team of relentless problem-solvers who are committed to making a tangible impact. If you’re ready to break boundaries, deliver results, and enjoy the ride along the way, you’ll thrive here.

The Design Engineer is responsible for design engineering activities.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Designs, requisitions, and receives new tooling and machine details for product and processes at the Greenville Plant.
• Maintains product and tooling records (prints, specifications).
• Conducts quote review meetings for new products.
• Prepares tooling and material requirements for new quoted product. Assists Cost Accounting in developing quotes to be returned to Sales & Applications Engineering.
• Develops part data records, bills of materials, and process routings for new product introduced to the plant.
• Develops product prints (shop prints) and tooling prints. Maintains filing of these prints. Makes prints available to plant personnel via PLEX manufacturing software.
• Creates new work centers and operations in PLEX.
• Creates and maintains tool lists for each job in the plant (tool BOM).
• Works with Sales and customers to develop and implement packaging for new products or revise packaging for existing products.
• Maintains packaging instructions for the plant in PLEX.
• Assists tool room personnel with technical issues (prints, tolerances, materials, etc).
• Matches orders with prints and receives completed work orders from the tool room.
• Assists with launch of new product.
• Performs other duties as required.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field preferred.

EXPERIENCE:

3-5 years in Engineering or related Manufacturing experience preferred. Experience with blueprint reading and measurements.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to work well with customers
• Organizational skills

Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities