Tooling Engineer

Howmet Aerospace•Cuyahoga Heights, OH

21h•Onsite

About The Position

Howmet Aerospace is searching for a Tooling Engineer to join our Howmet Wheel Systems (HWS) business unit in Cleveland, OH. Howmet Aerospace (NYSE: HWM) creates breakthrough products that shape industries. Working in close partnership with our customers, we solve complex engineering challenges to transform the way we fly, drive, and power. Through the ingenuity of our people and cutting-edge advanced manufacturing techniques, we deliver these products at a quality and efficiency that ensure customer success and shareholder value. Howmet Wheel Systems (HWS) is a business unit with a rich tradition and a bright future. We invented the forged wheel in 1948 and have remained the global leader in providing safe, strong, lightweight, and innovative aluminum transportation products ever since. ALCOA® Wheels are highly engineered products operating in challenging environments with significant product liability risk and wide diversity of end use applications ranging from passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks to commercial and military vehicles. HWS employs 1,700 people at 14 locations worldwide and produces over 4 million aluminum wheels globally with annual sales more than $800 million. Our customers trust us to deliver a wide range of great looking and dependable products that improve fuel economy and increase payload to address their customer’s business needs. Our Commercial Vehicle Wheel products lead the world in market innovation and truck, trailer, and bus customers recognize our LvL ONE®, Dura-Bright® and Ultra ONE® wheels as the current innovative products in this market.

Requirements

A degree in Material Science Engineering or Electrical Engineering or other suitable technical education is required.
Minimum of 3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment is required.
Strong organizational skills and computer skills, particularly in the use of Excel spreadsheets
2 years of administrative experience including planning, scheduling and coordination of work flow.
Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Nice To Haves

Strong technical background in mechanical or other engineering disciplines.
Mechanical background, or experience with steel, metals, tooling, CNC, or design.
Familiarity/experience with CAD and technical drawings.
Incumbent must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work independently.
The incumbent must also possess a high degree of people skills as he/she must motivate and influence others.
In addition to knowledge of conventional aluminum processing, incumbent must have a thorough understanding of the Howmet Aerospace Business System and methods for assessing process capability and driving continuous improvements.
The incumbent should also have a thorough knowledge of the forging process and standard practices that would normally be acquired through extensive experience in various technical assignments.
The incumbent must also have demonstrated the ability to deal effectively with people under varying circumstances.

Responsibilities

Monitor hit count to ensure that dies are being restored at proper intervals
Review forging quality and tooling health daily on the shop floor and leverage that feedback towards decision making about die and tooling maintenance
Support die and tooling readiness on-site in CLE to ensure active and upcoming forging jobs have necessary dies on-heat and contingent tooling ready for install
Respond to and investigate tooling failures in Production to troubleshoot immediate solutions and implement preventative actions to mitigate reoccurrence
Implement and track cost savings initiatives
Work to optimize die setups and changeovers
Create Die Repair Orders (DRO) for die maintenance
Supply data & drawings for vendors
Obtain quotes and strategically award work based on cost and timing to benefit HWS bottom line
Manage on-time delivery of dies between die cleaning vendor and CLE
Manage die repair priorities and ensure we are adhering to fabrication and restoration standards
Provide weekly updates to Forging Design and Process Engineering teams on die repair and fabrication status
Support forging and die design activities, revisions, creating & checking drawings, and maintaining up-to-date related documentation
Manage new fabrication, development, and modification of tooling via external die shops
Develop and maintain the Asset Binder
Manage/maintain active tooling on Smart Manufacturing dashboard
Work with Forging Design Lead to adhere to expense & capital budgets
Create and manage capital projects related to design improvements, tooling upgrades, scrap reduction, and standard equipment maintenance
Collaborate and share best practices across global HWS locations
Ship tooling internationally and ensure that associated paperwork is properly prepared in accordance with the requirements of the trade compliance group