Tooling Engineer

Accelerate Professional Talent Solutions (a division of QPS Employment); Fairfield (IA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Accelerate Professional Talent Solutions seeks a Tooling Engineer in Fairfield, IA to manage tooling builds, sampling, and engineering changes. You will coordinate with customers and vendors to ensure tooling meets specifications, timelines, and cost targets while upholding safety and environmental commitments.

The role requires experience with iron sand casting tooling, CAD models, and CAD software, plus some program management and strong math skills.

Qualifications

• Experience with tooling engineering for iron sand casting.
• Ability to read engineering prints and CAD models.
• Proficiency with CAD software packages.
• Some program management experience preferred.
• Strong math skills with fractions and decimals.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).

Responsibilities

• Manage tooling builds, sampling, and engineering activities for new parts and changes.
• Support safe work practices and environmental commitments.
• Lead the launch of new parts and engineering changes.
• Review customer requests for tooling and quoting costs.
• Coordinate with tooling vendors for quotes and layouts.
• Ensure tooling is built on time and within budget to meet specs.
• Oversee core room and tooling-related cost/quality goals.
• Drive continuous improvement in tooling processes.

Skills

Reading engineering prints

Math and calculations

Problem solving

Office software

Communication

Tools

CAD software packages

Job description

Position Title: Tooling Engineer Wage: Based on Experience Accelerate Professional Talent Solutions has a great opportunity available for a Tooling Engineer at a company in Fairfield, IA. This is a direct hire position.

Tooling Engineer Responsibilities:

• Manage tooling builds, sampling, and engineering activities while serving as a key point of contact for customers during the introduction of new parts and modifications to existing parts
• Support and promote safe work practices and environmental commitments in alignment with company policies and compliance requirements
• Manage the launch of new parts and engineering changes
• Participate in new customer meetings and conference calls
• Review customer requests for engineering changes and determine tooling requirements and costs necessary to quote and produce the desired end product
• Provide tooling layouts or work with layout technicians to develop layouts for tooling vendors
• Work with appropriate technicians to modify tooling to address scrap and production issues related to tooling
• Manage the sampling process
• Assist with resolving customer issues related to parts produced by Accelerate Professional Talent Solutions and incorporate necessary tooling changes
• Ensure tooling is built on time, within budget, and produces parts that meet specifications
• Work with outside tooling vendors to obtain tooling quotations
• Review customer parts for manufacturability and provide feedback on necessary changes to ensure the parts can be successfully produced
• Coordinate with the Quality Department regarding worn tooling issues, including communicating the costs and timelines associated with resolving issues
• Provide guidance and support for problem-solving related to production tooling
• Manage in-house pattern shop employees and their responsibilities
• Oversee and provide guidance for core room production, including input on processes, quality, and costs
• Take appropriate action and provide guidance when core room goals for cost, quality, and delivery are not being met
• Assist with managing outside core production and resolving issues with suppliers providing cores
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Maintain and enforce good housekeeping practices

Requirements for Tooling Engineer:

• Prior tooling engineering experience with iron sand casting, along with appropriate training
• Ability to read and interpret engineering part prints and CAD models
• Experience with CAD software packages
• Some program management experience preferred
• Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals
• Ability to use personal computers and standard office software, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Ability to calculate rates, ratios, and percentages and draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to solve practical problems and work with a variety of variables in situations where limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret instructions provided in written, verbal, diagram, or schedule formats

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