Tooling Engineer Manager

Teijin Automotive Technologies is an innovative and full-service Tier One supplier with a global presence and emphasis in development for lightweight technologies.  Teijin Automotive offers employees the opportunity to join a leading edge company within the composite material industry and enjoy the benefits offered by a growing company in North America and internationally.
 

We are looking for a Tooling Engineering Manager for our Corporate HQ Office located in Auburn Hills, MI.

Position Summary: Develops and implements optimal, cost-effective manufacturing tooling, processes and methods in accordance with product specifications and quality standards. Develop, maintain, and audit department standard and procedures.  Recommends and implements improvements to production processes, methods and controls (including environmental).

An experienced leader with appropriate industry experience, preferably in the automotive manufacturing field. An energetic, forward-thinking and creative individual with high ethical standards and an appropriate professional image. A strategic visionary with sound technical skills, analytical ability, good judgment and strong operational focus. A well organized and self-directed individual who is a team player. An articulate individual who can relate to people at all levels of an organization and possesses excellent communication skills. A decisive individual who possesses a "big picture" perspective and is well versed in systems

Essential Job Functions:

• Work directly with design engineers to produce drawings from sketches, existing drawings, and electronic images.
• Development of tooling that improves efficiency, cost, and quality.
• Designs, develops, tests, sources and cost-justify various tools, machinery and equipment for recommended manufacturing methods.
• Performs product/process analysis for cost reduction, quality improvement, and improved efficiency.
• Identify potential environmental aspects and design processes to minimize their impacts.
• Represents tooling/manufacturing with cross-functional teams.
• Develop and Maintain department standards and processes.
• Computer and computer assisted design (CAD) proficiency.
• Mentor tooling engineers on root cause analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Responsible for ensuring that customer requirements are met.
• Capable of resolving escalated issues arising from operations and requiring coordination with other departments