Tool & Die Supervisor / Tooling Design Engineer

Belcan Corporation; Miamisburg (OH); On-site; USD 100,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefits

Wellbeing & Support

Family Benefits

Savings & Spending Accounts

Income Protection

Retirement & Financial Wellbeing

Legal & Protection

Lifestyle Benefits

Additional Health Resources

Job summary

Belcan Corporation in Miamisburg, OH is seeking a Tool & Die Supervisor / Tooling Design Engineer to lead tooling design and maintenance across multiple manufacturing platforms. The role combines hands-on CAD work with supervisory duties to ensure tooling standards are followed and tooling projects are prioritized for production needs.

You will mentor Tool & Die staff, drive continuous improvement, and work with Engineering, Production, Quality, Maintenance, and Operations leadership to resolve

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Tool & Die, tooling, machining, stamping, metal forming, or related manufacturing experience.
• Proven experience designing, manufacturing, repairing, and troubleshooting production tooling.
• Strong CAD skills and ability to independently create detailed engineering drawings.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate Tool & Die activities across multiple platforms and facilities.
• Establish consistent tooling standards, engineering practices, documentation, and processes.
• Prioritize new tooling, repairs, modifications and preventive maintenance based on production requirements.
• Provide technical direction, training, and mentoring to Tool & Die personnel.
• Coordinate tooling resources and priorities across operations.
• Identify opportunities to share tooling designs, components, equipment, and expertise between company platforms.
• Work closely with Engineering, Production, Quality, Maintenance, and Operations leadership to resolve tooling issues.

Skills

Tooling design

CAD modeling

GD&T

Leadership

Manufacturing

Tools

CAD software

Machining processes

Heat treatment

Job description

Job Number: 367743

Category: Design Engineering

Description: Job Title: Tool & Die Supervisor / Tooling Design Engineer

Pay rate: $100,000 - $112,000/yr.

Location: Miamisburg, OH

Zip Code: 45342

Job Type: Direct

Start Date: Right Away

Keywords: #MiamisburgJobs; #Tool&DieSupervisorjobs; #ToolingDesignEngineerjobs; #INDREG

We provide a competitive pay and benefits package.

This position is offering a pay range of $100,000 - $112,000/yr. however, Belcan considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to education, experience, geographic location, and discipline.

Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law.

Job Description:

Position Summary:

The Tool & Die Supervisor / Tooling Design Engineer to provide technical and supervisory leadership for Tool & Die activities across multiple company manufacturing platforms, facilities, product lines, and processes. This position will retain hands-on responsibility for tooling design, CAD modeling, engineering drawings, tooling troubleshooting, and continuous improvement while ensuring consistent tooling standards and practices across the organization. The position will support fastener manufacturing, cold heading, cold forming, stamping, thread rolling, and related metal-forming operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise and coordinate Tool & Die activities across multiple company platforms and facilities.
• Establish consistent tooling standards, engineering practices, documentation, and processes.
• Prioritize new tooling, repairs, modifications, and preventive maintenance based on production requirements.
• Provide technical direction, training, and mentoring to Tool & Die personnel.
• Coordinate tooling resources and priorities across operations.
• Identify opportunities to share tooling designs, components, equipment, and expertise between company platforms.
• Work closely with Engineering, Production, Quality, Maintenance, and Operations leadership to resolve tooling issues.

Engineering Design & CAD:

• Create and maintain 2D engineering drawings and 3D CAD models for production tooling.
• Design and modify tooling for fasteners, cold forming, stamping, thread rolling, and other metal-forming processes.
• Design tooling including heading dies and punches, progressive and compound dies, blanking/forming tooling, thread rolling tooling, carbide components, fixtures, gauges, and tooling assemblies.
• Translate customer prints, specifications, samples, and production requirements into manufacturable tooling.
• Specify dimensions, tolerances, materials, heat treatment, finishes, and other engineering requirements.
• Maintain drawing revisions, CAD files, BOMs, and tooling documentation.
• Establish consistent drawing and documentation standards across company platforms.
• Apply GD&T and ensure designs are practical to manufacture and maintain.

Production Tooling & Troubleshooting:

Provide technical support for tooling used on:

• Single- and multi-station cold headers
• Cold-forming equipment
• Thread rolling machines
• Mechanical and progressive stamping presses
• Transfer presses
• Blanking, piercing, and forming presses
• Secondary-operation equipment

Troubleshoot and improve:

• Heading and forming tooling
• Progressive and compound dies
• Blanking, piercing, and forming dies
• Trim and cutoff tooling
• Thread rolling tooling
• Punches, inserts, pins, and carbide components
• Fixtures and secondary-operation tooling

Lead troubleshooting of tool wear, breakage, galling, dimensional variation, burrs, material flow, strip progression, feeding, alignment, and other tooling-related production problems.

Tooling Manufacturing & Maintenance:

• Oversee manufacture, repair, modification, and maintenance of production tooling.
• Coordinate machining, grinding, EDM, heat treatment, coating, and specialty processes.
• Determine whether tooling should be repaired, modified, rebuilt, standardized, or replaced.
• Establish preventive-maintenance practices for critical tooling.
• Coordinate internal and outside tooling resources as required.

Quality & Continuous Improvement:

• Reduce tooling-related scrap, downtime, rework, and cost.
• Improve tool life, production uptime, material utilization, and tooling performance.
• Standardize common tooling designs, materials, and processes.
• Share successful tooling solutions and lessons learned across company platforms.
• Support new product launches, process improvements, capital projects, and manufacturing transfers.

Key Performance Measures:

• On-time tooling completion and repair.
• Reduction in tooling-related downtime, scrap, and rework.
• Improved tool life and tooling cost.
• Accuracy and consistency of engineering drawings.
• Reduction in recurring tooling failures.
• Production uptime and tooling performance.
• Adoption of standardized tooling practices across company platforms.
• Toolroom productivity and employee development.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Tool & Die, tooling, machining, stamping, metal forming, or related manufacturing experience.
• Proven experience designing, manufacturing, repairing, and troubleshooting production tooling.
• Strong CAD skills and ability to independently create detailed engineering drawings.
• Strong knowledge of tool steels, carbide, heat treatment, grinding, EDM, and machining.
• Experience leading or supervising Tool & Die personnel.
• Strong mechanical aptitude, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with fastener manufacturing, cold heading, cold forming, or stamping strongly preferred.
• Experience with progressive stamping dies and multi-station heading tooling highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of GD&T.

Benefits Available:

• Health Benefits
• Wellbeing & Support
• Family Benefits
• Savings & Spending Accounts
• Income Protection
• Retirement & Financial Wellbeing
• Legal & Protection
• Lifestyle Benefits
• Additional Health Resources