Tooling Engineer

A recognised high volume manufacturer are currently looking to strengthen their Tooling department with the appointment of a Tooling Engineer. Working from their manufacturing facility in Shropshire, the Tooling Engineer will be responsible for: *Responsible for owning and delivering all new Tooling projects *To review and buy off Tooling designs. *Project management of tooling suppliers. *Attend buy off events and oversee sampling and commissioning at suppliers and home line. *Own and manage Pre and Final acceptance tests. *Produce 2D product, tooling, fixture, equipment drawings to support manufacturing, quality and engineering activities. *Part Feasibility reviews and to apply design for Manufacturability (DFM) principals to evaluate product designs. *Complete understanding of part tolerances, dimensional capability statistics and GD&T. *Generate and develop Part and Tooling CAD models using SolidWorks or CATIA and Produce 2D product, tooling, fixture, equipment drawings to support manufacturing, quality and engineering activities. *Capable of interrogating flow analysis reports. *Generate SOR, RFQ to support engineering and quoting activities. *Support continuous improvement activities through effective use of 3D and 2D CAD to propose product design changes and tooling improvements *Participate in root-cause analysis and implement countermeasures *Maintain master tool drawings and facilitate access to Toolroom staff for all tooling maintenance – minimizing downtime and costs. *Assist with department standardisation process. *Validation of Flow and thermal analysis during production, work closely with toolroom and process engineers to capture lessons learned. *Review current production tooling issues and identify areas for improvement. The successful candidate should have a minimum of an Apprenticeship or ONC/HNC and be familiar with die casting processes. If you believe you have the required skills and experience please apply now. M-Tec Engineering Solutions is a leading supplier of Permanent, Interim and Project Management Recruitment Solutions to the Automotive and General Engineering sectors. Due to the overwhelming response to vacancies in this current climate, if you have not heard from us within the next two weeks you have been unsuccessful at this time