Engineering Specialist - Tool and Die Specialist

Job Description

Mechatronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Design, Industrial Engineering. Master's degree preferred. Minimum 5 years of experience in manufacturing or automotive companies. Knowledge of the stamping or machining industries is essential.

Knowledge of tandem stamping, progressive stamping, die-cutting, transfer stamping, and profiling. Advanced English.

Certification in basic tooling and knowledge of tool and die standards will be a plus. Six Sigma Black Bet certification or higher is desirable.

Competency

• Engineering Changes
• Die Construction and Maintenance
• Formability Simulation
• Drawing software CATIA, TEBIS
• Stamping Engineering Die process System
• Managing Operating Cost
• Manufacturing Maintenance
• Manufacturing Strategy
• Negotiations and Conflict Resolution for MFG
• Problem Solving and Process Improvement
• Process confirmation and Auditing
• Process Development
• Lean Manufacturing
• Project Mangement
• Reliability and Maintainability (R&M)
• WDX Worldwide die design and constuction Standards
  
  
  

Responsibilities

Generic Roles & Responsibilities

• Interprets formability simulation results and resolves formability issues by recommending corrective actions.
• Interprets and assesses die surface geometry, associated lines, and die action. Support engineering Changes to improve die designs and PVT requirements
• Solves complex manufacturing die process issues.
• Looking for MUD opportunities in dies to optimize blank costs.
• Sets strategies and mentors the organization in the use of historical data to identify opportunities for improvement of planned maintenance activities.
• Sets strategy for increasing the use of predictive and prescriptive maintenance tools and basic condition monitoring
• Evaluates complex tooling (die) design concerns that are beyond the scope of established standards and specifications and resolves issues.
• Researches the natural failure modes of a sheet metal stamping. Estimates the occurrence rate for a failure mode. Determine based in R&M process failure modes and update maintence schedule.
• Researches complex tooling design standards and updates related CAD methodologies.
• Makes adjustments (i.e. changes upgrades) to die tooling standards based on lessons learned according to analysis performed by PC T&D
• Lead the die designs to establish maintenance schedules and spare parts requirements.
• Develop timing for necessary Chroming and Nitrided tooling refurbishments and set up
• Coordinate plant participation in tooling design, vendor reviews and equipment buyoffs.
• Deep knowledge in production software to track die improvements.
• Coordinate, develop and track training requirements for the T&D skilled trades.
• Support Launch strategies to be applied in die designs.
• Track cost approval, PO, invoice to payment, including initial budget, ECR and cost modifications. (Tooling count owner)
• Manage T&D Operative System according to "T&D Model Resposibles chart"
  
  
  

Qualifications

Required Training/Systems/Access

• Asset utilization
• Bottleneck/Constraint Analysis
• Cycle Time / Uptime
• Energy Control and Power Lockout (ECPL) including Energy Control System Permitted Minor Tasks
• Engineering Running Capaicty (ERC)
• On track
• Industrial Material Management (spare part management)
• Maintenance Cost Management
• Manufacturing Engineering die design specification standards (WDX)
• Maximo MFM
• Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) and Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)
• Design Software TEBIS, CATIA.
• Predictive Technologies.
• Reliability Centered Maintenace RCM
• Black Belt and Troubleshooting guides
• ARGUS Process.