Job Description

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Manufacturing Tooling Engineer
Implement Best Cost Country Sourcing strategy for assembly tooling
Direct the implementation of tooling best business practices
Responsible for tooling investment strategy for Tenneco North America Clean Air. Shared responsibility with counterparts at other global regions
Support or manage (as assigned) the technical direction & coordination for tooling installations & start-ups
Lead functional tooling design reviews between the selected tooling supplier, MET responsible engineer, and the plant manufacturing team
Create, maintain and update program specific tooling requirements and forecast this information quarterly to the tooling supply base
Define tooling touch points (3-2-1's) based on the manufacturing drawings GD&T structure and tolerancing utilizing the predefined manufacturing process
Ensure tooling suppliers achieve Tenneco standards and support capital productivity initiatives, forecasts and sign off criteria
Assess and evaluate the same suppliers to provide an objective scale for performance and feedback to capital/tooling purchasing
Implement and ensure proper handshake of process, equipment and tooling into receiving plants
Tooling supplier development close to our facilities (i.e. Mexico)
Ensure prototype builds follow prototype with Production intent development is accurate and encompassing in order to launch programs on time and within budget
Continuous improvement and product initiatives to achieve productivity initiatives including design to cost and lean manufacturing
Identify next generation of Process/ Equipment / Tooling development for manufacturing to support cost reduction opportunities.
Utilize technical expertise to implement/oversee the implementation of cost reduction ideas
Other duties as assigned.
Education / Experience / Skills:
Education / Experience:
5+ years related manufacturing engineering experience.
Bachelor's degree (or Journeyman Toolmaker with Associate degree) in mechanical, industrial, or manufacturing engineering
Experience working with equipment and tooling suppliers, creating statement of work, awarding suppliers and following progress through launch.
Skills:
Knowledge and understanding of Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing and Design for Manufacturability
Demonstrated ability to identify problems and opportunities, develop plans and successfully implement solutions
Self-motivated, ability to effectively prepare and deliver technical reports and presentations, ability to establish and maintain budgets, Project management skills
Ability to make effective presentations to a wide variety of audiences including senior managers, customers and employee groups
Required Specialized Skills/Knowledge
Expert in exhaust industry tooling and manufacturing methods including bending and exhaust welding. Expert of exhaust manufacturing best practices and standards in North America.
Ability to develop new suppliers to meet tooling expectations and timing. Specifically develop India tool suppliers to meet North America standards.
Trained and efficient using GD&T.
Can apply GD&T and correlating to fixture and gage designs.
Use CAD systems to develop tooling designs.
Develop SOW's, RFQ's, conducting gage correlations, gage R&R's, runoff's and installation to Tenneco standards.
Ability to conduct detailed design reviews of tooling. Coordinate with India based tooling manufacturers and end using plants in North America.
Develop detailed tooling timelines using overall program timing. Manage tooling spending to program financial targets.
Travel:
Ability to travel in support of job function 25-40%(NACA facilities, suppliers etc.). International travel required.
Physical Demands & Work Environment:
Often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel.
Occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance and to stoop kneel, crouch or crawl.
The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
About Company:
#ComeJoinUs in #EngineeringABetterWorld. We're a global product engineering and digital services company focused on fulfilling our mission of helping the world drive, fly, build, and farm by enabling our customers to realize better products and deliver better experiences. We're the strategic engineering partner businesses turn to when they aspire to be better. Manufacturing companies rely on us to enable them to conceptualize, develop and realize better products that are safer, cleaner, and improve the quality of life for all the stakeholders, helping us achieve our vision of #EngineeringABetterWorld. We're inspiring a new generation of engineers who, by embracing the opportunities that exist at the convergence of digital technology & traditional engineering, are developing better products. We're redefining what the world understands by engineering and spreading the influence and impact of engineering as humanity's best way of addressing its most important challenges and opportunities.

Skills Required