Tooling Engineer

Tooling Engineer Location: Stockport Salary: Up to 50,000 with benefits including amazing pension We''re working with a leading international manufacturer that designs and produces highly engineered products for customers across a range of industrial sectors. Due to continued growth and investment, they''re looking to appoint an experienced Tooling Engineer to take ownership of supplier-based production tooling and support the successful delivery of new product introductions. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working closely with suppliers, driving continuous improvement and ensuring tooling is optimised throughout its entire lifecycle. The Role As Tooling Engineer, you''ll be responsible for managing externally held production tooling, ensuring it delivers consistent quality, reliability and performance. Working closely with suppliers, engineering, quality and operations, you''ll play a key role in introducing new tooling, supporting engineering changes and improving manufacturing capability. Key Responsibilities: Manage the full lifecycle of supplier-owned production tooling. Lead the introduction and validation of new tooling for New Product Introduction (NPI) projects. Work closely with suppliers to improve tooling performance, reliability and quality. Conduct supplier visits, tooling reviews and technical audits. Support engineering change activities (ECNs/ECRs) ensuring tooling remains production-ready. Drive root cause analysis and implement ..... full job details .....