Automotive Tooling Engineer - Tennessee

North American Stamping•Portland, TN

13d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an Automotive Tooling Engineer at our TNN2 facility in Portland, TN. North American Stamping Group is a leading Tier II automotive supplier with eight manufacturing facilities, two technical centers and approximately 1,000 team members across North America. As a family-owned company, we combine nearly five decades of experience with advanced engineering, metal stamping, welding and automated assembly capabilities to manufacture critical components for the seating, emissions and chassis markets. This position is eligible for a $2,500.00 sign on bonus (paid in 2 installments), after 180 working days. The general summary of this role is to work with the Leaders to develop and maintain efficient and reliable tooling processes to the Production Department, on-time to the schedule, that meet or exceed the minimum quality requirements while working within a set budget. Troubleshoot any problems that are presented during production or on the bench. Serves as back up in the absence of Tooling Manager for all Tool and Die makers.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED equivalent required.
Certified Toolmaker or 5 years’ experience in Tool and Die field.
Certified Tool and Die Maker or relevant experience.
Self-motivated, self-directed, and able to make and meet specific goals in the Tooling Department
Willing to learn or possess computer skills including, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and CAD
Minimum 5 years Tool and Die maker.
Must be able to clearly speak, read, write, and understand the primary language (English) used in the workplace.
Demonstrated basic computer skills Outlook, Excel, Word.
IATF16949 / ISO14001 / toolmaker baseline training
TQPS Continuous Improvement training
Mistake Proofing Philosophy, Forklift Certification
Blueprint / GD&T
Project Management
Overhead Crane Certification

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in related field preferred.
Completed Apprenticeship Program preferred.
Experience at an OEM and/or Tier 1/II supplier to automaker (preferred).
Basic AutoCAD and 3-D modeling software experience.
Experienced at using AutoCAD and 3-D modeling software.

Responsibilities

Work from tool room schedule to ensure that production tooling and equipment is ready to meet customer requirements.
Work within the toolroom and in the press department to ensure tools are operating at peak efficiency.
Delegate troubleshooting and die maintenance responsibilities in a clear and concise manner.
Assist Toolmakers / Apprentices and toolroom staff to make quality and tooling related decisions for long term solutions.
Consistently address problems and make / implement solutions to improve efficiencies, process and product flow, safety and quality.
Work closely and co-operatively with the other Managers and Team Leaders on day-to-day issues.
Fill in all reports properly and completely.
Report all necessary quality, production, or safety problems to the Tooling Manager.
Must have the ability to be on the job during normal business hours.
Ability to establish tracking system to grade all tooling vendors for quality and delivery and document all findings in logbook.
Must have the ability to document changes to include detail prints and/or procedures to dies and track the results as die repairs, modifications and improvements are made.
Must have strong inter-personal skills to allow clear communication.
Must be able to maintain assigned group of dies. This will include all aspects from initial die design review to the quality of the parts being produced.
Adequately stock the tool crib with spare parts, using a computer to track stock and always organize the tool crib in a fashion to ensure available stock of tooling components.
Responsible for quoting and purchasing replacement details, according to budget.
Purchase spare parts, die sections, supplies, etc., for tool crib at "best buy" conditions.
Incoming inspection of all tooling entering the plant to include die details, shop supplies.
Establish quarterly goals and objectives with the Tooling Manager.
Continuous Improvements will be driven by tooling cost reductions, by improving usage or lower price without sacrificing quality.
Be involved in continuous improvement of the tooling, (i.e., coatings, different metals).
Available for overtime and training as required.
Must be able to work within the budget allowed for the area of responsibility they are assigned.
Willing to accept other additional job duties from next level leader.

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
Disability
AD&D
Voluntary Accident and Critical Illness
Employer Paid Basic Life and AD&D – NASG provides all Full-Time eligible employees with Employer-Paid Life and AD&D insurance in the amount of 1x annual base salary. This is provided by your employer at no cost to you.
401(k) Program
Paid holidays
Paid Time Off