Tooling Design Engineer

Tooling Design Engineer

Reports to: Plant Manager
Company: Chicago Metallic
Location: 1502 N. Central Avenue, Humboldt, TN

Position Summary: The core duties of this position include the mechanical layout and design of tooling for custom engineered, stamped products. This position is on-site in Humboldt, TN.

• Work with Sales to design new products and dies to customer specification.
• Be focal for Design for Manufacturability by coordinating with Tool Shop.
• Project Management of purchasing tool materials and coordinating the tool build and development process.
• Participate in troubleshooting of production issues in metal forming shop.
• Revise existing die designs to address root causes of production issues.
• Develop and implement process improvements to improve efficiency of metal forming operation.

• Proficient in use of Solid Works to model products and dies.
• Experience in Metal Stamping is required.
• Use Solid Works to create detail drawings for manufacturing.
• Project Engineering experience required to plan and execute die manufacturing to meet customer deadline.
• Technical experience in a machining and/or metal stamping environment.
• Experienced user of Microsoft Office applications.
• Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience with a minimum of 3+ years' experience in the field of mechanical design.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Management maintains the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.