Lead Tooling Engineer: Drive Innovation in Manufacturing

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Express Employment Professionals - Cincinnati East is seeking a hands-on Lead Tooling Engineer in Shreveport, LA to oversee tooling design, lead engineering projects, and drive continuous improvement in a heavy manufacturing environment.

You will mentor a skilled tool and die team, manage vendor relationships, and bring innovative tooling solutions from concept to completion while collaborating with production, quality, and maintenance colleagues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 5+ years of tooling design experience in metal forming, forging, stamping, or heavy manufacturing.
• Strong experience with 3D CAD software (Autodesk Inventor preferred).
• Knowledge of tool steels, heat treating, and hot-work tooling applications.
• Strong GD&T and manufacturing drawings proficiency.
• Experience troubleshooting tooling issues in manufacturing.
• Excellent project management, leadership and organizational skills.
• Comfort on the production floor in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead tooling design, development, and improvement projects from concept to production.
• Design dies, punches, mandrels, fixtures, gauges, and custom tooling using Autodesk Inventor or similar 3D CAD.
• Manage tooling projects, priorities, timelines, and vendor relationships.
• Provide technical leadership to the tool and die team.
• Troubleshoot tooling issues to improve quality, tool life, and uptime.
• Collaborate with production, quality, maintenance, and engineering teams.
• Reverse engineer tooling using drawings, parts, and 3D scanning.
• Produce detailed drawings with GD&T for machining and vendors.
• Evaluate tooling materials, heat treatments, and finishes for high-temperature applications.
• Support capital projects, tooling asset management, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain tooling documentation, revision control, and standards.

Skills

Tooling design

3D CAD (Autodesk Inventor)

Leadership

Project management

Troubleshooting

GD&T

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

3D scanning

CNC CAM

Job description

Express Employment Professionals - Cincinnati East is seeking a hands-on Lead Tooling Engineer in Shreveport, LA to oversee tooling design, lead engineering projects, and drive continuous improvement in a heavy manufacturing environment.

You will mentor a skilled tool and die team, manage vendor relationships, and bring innovative tooling solutions from concept to completion while collaborating with production, quality, and maintenance colleagues.