Tooling Engineer Hot Stamp - Chatanooga, TN / Plant 1
Location:
US Gestamp Chattanooga, US, US Gestamp
Date:
Apr 13, 2024
Tooling Engineer Hot Stamp - Chatanooga, TN / Plant 1
Role Summary
Full responsibility for the control, quality, throughput and safety of the tool & die process for all three (3) shifts
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate Launch activities (design reviews, buyoff activities at die shops and home line). Ensuring all new tooling meets safety and throughput goals.
- Responsible for Engineering Change activities (quoting, outsourcing, design reviews, buyoffs and run offs at home line, keep tracker of engineering change activities).
- Continuous improvement leader for material saving, throughput activities, process improvements, quality improvements and other improvement plans.
- Work closely with Quality department and customers to improve build issues and quality scores.
- Trains tool & die with specific procedures (spotting, machining and engineering change procedures).
- Reviews departmental KPI’s and determines improvement objectives.
- Document and assess repairs made to improvement and engineering projects.
- Ensure adherence to safety rules and PPE.
- Participation in the Layered Process Audit schedule.
- Participation in the Internal ISO 9001/IATF 16949 Audit schedule (applies only to certified ISO 9001/IATF 16949 internal auditors).
- Participation and cooperation in answering questions and providing information for internal and external audits regarding or related to ISO 9001/IATF 16949, VDA 6.3, and customer standards.
Knowledge and Education
- 8+ years automotive tooling experience preferred;
- 10+ years in tool & die, with a journeyman card required.
Key Qualifications/Requirements
- Strong Microsoft computers skills required;
- Quality Assurance knowledge required;
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills required.
Additional Information
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to handle, manipulate, or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, talk and hear
- Employee must occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds
- While performing the duties of the job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
- The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
- The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so other will understand
- The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted