Lead Tooling Engineer — Design & Optimize Heavy Manufacturing

Express Employment Professionals - Cincinnati East; Shreveport (LA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Job summary

Express Employment Professionals - Cincinnati East is seeking a Lead Tooling Engineer in Shreveport, LA to lead tooling design, development, and continual improvement in a heavy manufacturing environment. You will mentor the tool and die team and drive tooling projects from concept through production.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in tooling design, strong CAD skills (Autodesk Inventor preferred), and solid GD&T and fabrication knowledge.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of tooling design experience in metal forming, forging, stamping, mold design, or heavy manufacturing.
• Strong experience with 3D CAD software (Autodesk Inventor preferred).
• Knowledge of tool steels, heat treating, and hot-work tooling applications.
• Strong understanding of GD&T and manufacturing drawings.
• Experience troubleshooting tooling issues in a manufacturing environment.
• Excellent project management, leadership, and organizational skills.
• Comfortable working on the production floor in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Highly detail-oriented with exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead tooling design, development, and improvement projects from concept through production.
• Design dies, punches, mandrels, fixtures, gauges, and custom tooling using Autodesk Inventor or similar 3D CAD software.
• Manage tooling projects, priorities, timelines, and vendor relationships.
• Provide technical leadership to the tool and die team.
• Troubleshoot tooling issues to improve quality, increase tool life, and reduce downtime.
• Work closely with production, quality, maintenance, and engineering teams to support manufacturing operations.
• Reverse engineer existing tooling using drawings, physical parts, and 3D scanning technology.
• Produce detailed manufacturing drawings with GD&T for internal machining and outside vendors.
• Evaluate tooling materials, heat treatments, and surface finishes for high-temperature metal forming applications.
• Support capital equipment projects, tooling asset management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop and maintain tooling documentation, revision control, and engineering standards.

Skills

Autodesk Inventor

GD&T

Leadership

Project management

Problem solving

On-floor manufacturing experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

3D scanning (preferred)

Job description

Express Employment Professionals - Cincinnati East is seeking a Lead Tooling Engineer in Shreveport, LA to lead tooling design, development, and continual improvement in a heavy manufacturing environment. You will mentor the tool and die team and drive tooling projects from concept through production.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in tooling design, strong CAD skills (Autodesk Inventor preferred), and solid GD&T and fabrication knowledge.