Tooling Engineer

Tooling-Engineer

Location:-Stockport

Salary:-Up-to50,000-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-permanent-corrective-actions-for-tooling-related-issues.
• Monitor-tooling-performance,-cycle-times-and-quality-metrics.
• Review-tooling-costs-and-support-investment-decisions-through-ROI-analysis.
• Collaborate-with-Engineering,-Quality,-Procurement-and-Supply-Chain-teams-to-deliver-robust-manufacturing-solutions.
• Support-supplier-development-and-continuous-improvement-initiatives.

About-You

You''ll-have-previous-experience-within-a-manufacturing-or-engineering-environment-and-be-confident-managing-tooling-projects-across-external-suppliers.

You''ll-ideally-have-experience-with:

• Tooling-Engineering-or-Manufacturing-Engineering.
• Supplier-based-production-tooling.
• New-Product-Introduction-(NPI).
• Design-for-Manufacture-(DFM)-and-Design-for-Assembly-(DFA).
• Interpreting-engineering-drawings-and-CAD-models.
• Root-Cause-Analysis-and-structured-problem-solving.
• Supplier-management-and-technical-collaboration.
• Continuous-Improvement-or-Lean-Manufacturing-methodologies.

Experience-with-PPAP,-tooling-validation,-supplier-audits-or-tooling-contracts-would-be-advantageous-but-isn''t-essential.

If-you''re-an-experienced-Tooling-Engineer-looking-to-take-ownership-of-technically-challenging-projects-within-a-collaborative-and-forward-thinking-manufacturing-business,-we''d-love-to-hear-from-you.