Tooling Engineer

Job Number: 70708 
Group: Magna Seating  
Division: Magna Seating Columbus 
Job Type: Permanent/Regular 
Location: LANCASTER 
Work Style: On-Site 

About us

We see a future where everyone can live and move without limitations. That’s why we are developing technologies, systems and concepts that make vehicles safer and cleaner, while serving our communities, the planet and, above all, people.

Forward. For all.

Group Summary

Magna is an innovative leader in the development and manufacturing of seating structures, foam and trim, mechanisms, and complete seats for global automotive, heavy truck and bus industries. Seating is at the center of the consumer vehicle experience and our seating solutions are developed from consumer research, prioritizing comfort, convenience and connectivity.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Tooling Engineer is responsible to manage all tooling and tooling build timelines (Tool Tracker) to ensure consistently high-quality components are produced on time and cost effectively. The Tooling Engineer is expected to ensure the most up to date technologies are utilized to continuously improve our product, meeting our customer’s expectations. The Tooling Engineer has input into the short- and long-term strategic tooling plans. The tooling engineer will also participate in Magna’s Center of Excellence (C.O.E.) to provide best practices in the metal forming section for all forming sections. Maintain and improve documents on the C.O.E.  The Tooling Engineer is responsible for new tooling buy off at vendors and will also assist production assembly tooling when required.

REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of five (5) years manufacturing experience in the automotive industry. Familiar with metal fabricating, assembly processes and related tooling
• Knowledge of progressive dies, transfer dies, blank forming, tube forming
• Advanced GD&T; Effective communication and presentation skills (verbal and written)
• Demonstrated planning and system implementation ability

DUTIES:

• Ensure that budgets and objectives are achieved and/or exceeded with respect to tooling.
• Responsible for forecasting and budgeting related to tooling
• Co-ordinates with other departments and facilities the implementation, development, and improvement of new and old programs tooling requirements
• Co-ordinates the fabrication of all required tooling and equipment to support old and new programs
• Coordinates and implements engineering changes on new and existing tooled programs
• All other duties as assigned