Tooling Engineer - VTCA
Vuteq Technical Center Americas is a Sales and Engineering service provider representing Vuteq and Diversity Vuteq manufacturing groups throughout North America. The Vuteq group of companies is actively engaged in automotive parts manufacturing and design and currently supplies Interior and Exterior components to General Motors, Toyota Motor Manufacturing and Honda Motor Manufacturing. Located in Woodstock, Ontario, we are proud to supply quality products and services to our customers for the past 38 years. We are a diverse team of skilled professionals, and pride ourselves in maintaining a culture that is inclusive, supportive and provides opportunities for growth.
These are new open positions for a Product Engineer to join our team!
Job Description
The Tooling Engineer is responsible for defining tooling requirements based on customer feedback and company tooling standards. They will also be responsible for project mold design reviews with internal and external customers and managing the overall build schedule following it through from design to buy off of the tool.
Salary Range: $70,000 - $100,000/yr
What we offer:
- Yearly provided uniforms
- Safety shoe allowance of $160
- Prescription safety glasses
- Employer paid family benefit plan
- RRSP/DPSP Incentives
- Referral bonuses
- Extensive hands-on training
- Team appreciation lunches
- Kaizen incentive program
- Paid sick and personal time
- Paid earned day – 1/year up to 11 max.
- Paid vacation time – 2 weeks/year
- Paid company floaters at Christmas
- Community involvement opportunities
- Company events – Holiday parties, summer picnic, BBQ’s
- Stability - 38 years in Woodstock
- Paid OT for 40+ hours a week or 8+ hours a day
- Opportunities for team member growth and development
If you are looking to join a company with a friendly atmosphere, and a passionate team with limitless potential, Vuteq is the place for you!
Apply today to join the Vuteq team!
Position Description
- Involved in the analysis of technical data (drawings, data, and sketch, etc.) Provides insight into manufacturability of products based on drawing or design
- Offers feedback to customers and offers suggestions on possible design changes in order to improve part feasibility
- Create mold specifications; Support tool shop selection and further discuss specifications of the mold build
- Attend weekly meetings with the customer
- Design review: ensure tooling is designed to internal and external customer standards
- Manage tool shops to ensure tools stay on track to progress and schedule
- Attend tool trials to ensure design meets manufacturability and is built to standards
- Track progress of all tools to ensure issues are closed out before buy off to the manufacturing plant
- Works with manufacturing plant tooling team to troubleshoot issues
- Manage & negotiate tooling costs meeting customer budgets in a timely manner
- Provide technical support to departments within the tech center and Vuteq plants
- Act as communication lead to internal and external stakeholders regarding tooling status/concerns
- Capture lessons learned from previous projects and correct/mitigate for future projects
- Support and maintain environmental initiatives that reduce waste, energy consumption, and operational impact
- Ensure team member compliance with all environmental regulations, policies and industry standards.
Qualifications
Education
- Successful completion of a minimum 2-4 year post-secondary program; design, mechanical, and manufacturing engineering are considered an asset
- Successful completion of a mold design/mold maker apprenticeship considered an asset
Experience
- 3-5 years of experience in injection mold design/mold tooling
- Automotive experience is considered to be an asset
Skills and Abilities
- Ability to show versatility and resourcefulness when problem solving
- Attention to detail and accuracy when preparing and reviewing mold designs
- Ability to adapt to changing demands from customers as well as fellow team members
- Strong interpersonal skills; having to communicate with several people at once
- Ability to organize priorities based on deadlines and importance of tasks
- Manage time efficiently while working on several different tasks at once
- Sense of creativity when designing a mold, and when having to change and adapt to different specifications
Other
- Must have a valid driver’s license
While we appreciate all applications received, only those candidates considered for an interview will be contacted.
Vuteq Technical Center Americas and Vuteq Canada Inc. welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
