Senior Tooling Manager – Casting Innovation

Waupaca Foundry; Waupaca (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Short- and long-term disability

Life insurance

401(k)

Employer funded retirement plan

Paid vacations/holidays

Wellness program

Fitness membership

Employee assistance program (EAP)

Career development including tuition

Job summary

Waupaca Foundry in Wisconsin seeks a Senior Corporate Tooling Manager to design pattern gating and tooling using casting principles and simulation software to align with plant quality and production goals.

You will lead a multi-disciplinary tooling team, answer questions, quote proto work, and drive cost-reduction projects. A Bachelor's in engineering or tooling design is required; 12+ years of tooling experience and strong blueprints/cost-sheets skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years designing/building tooling.
• Gating and riser experience.
• Experience managing employees.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, tooling design, or related field; masters preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of VMM, core, and mill room tooling.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprint drawings.
• Ability to read and understand cost sheets.
• Working knowledge of cast iron metallurgy.
• Understanding of tool steels and their heat treatments.
• Must possess good written and oral communication skills.
• Employ critical thinking, logic, and reasoning to troubleshoot and solve problems.
• Ability to lift 50lbs.

Responsibilities

• Answer questions on tooling builds and solutions to fix mistakes.
• Fill in areas of tooling engineering that are behind or on vacations.
• Quote rapid proto work for plants.
• Lead tooling improvement cost reduction projects (EVC/VCP development).

Skills

Tooling design

Gating & riser

Team leadership

Blueprint reading

Cost sheets

Cast iron metallurgy

Heat treatment knowledge

Communication

Problem solving

Lift 50 lbs

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/tooling design

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Autodesk Powershape

Autodesk Inventor

Creo

Magmasoft

Polyworks

Geomagic DesignX

Job description

Waupaca Foundry in Wisconsin seeks a Senior Corporate Tooling Manager to design pattern gating and tooling using casting principles and simulation software to align with plant quality and production goals.

You will lead a multi-disciplinary tooling team, answer questions, quote proto work, and drive cost-reduction projects. A Bachelor's in engineering or tooling design is required; 12+ years of tooling experience and strong blueprints/cost-sheets skills are essential.