Tooling Design Engineer - Southampton, United Kingdom - Index Recruitment Ltd

Index Recruitment Ltd
Index Recruitment Ltd
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Southampton, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Description
Our client is seeking an experienced Tooling Design Engineer to join their team in Southampton.

Key Responsibilities

  • To undertake design and management of tooling to meet all tooling requirements using CATIA V
  • Manage and develop approved suppliers base to support projects, tool design and/or manufacturing requirements.
  • Fully support internal design and manufacturing engineers on NPI projects as required, including preparation of ROM tool costings to support any new bid activity.
  • Troubleshoot shop issues, lead tooling investigations and implement RCCA where appropriate.
  • Ensure processes contribute to a safe working environment and meet EHS requirements and KPIs. Actively lead / support EHS projects and pursuits.
  • Specify and procure new equipment and tooling to meet production and quality requirements with an emphasis on delivering tooling that supports inprocess inspection, process improvements and lean manufacturing.
  • Review assess and critique supplier proposals to ensure most effective solution can be obtained, considerate of safety, cost, delivery and capability. Where appropriate leverage on site skills outside of direct team to support these assessments.
  • Manage the internal or external repair and maintenance of tooling assets as necessary.
  • Define, enable and implement proactive systems in alignment with internal framework (e.g. process capability analysis, SPC, PFMEA, capacity planning and error proofing etc.) strategically across function and applied on critical parts/processes to reduce thepotential of failure.
  • Maintain governance across tooling assets, in alignment with customer requirement.
  • Understand customer needs (internal and external), identify resource requirements, resource and/or prioritise workload accordingly, including management of stakeholders.
  • Support/lead customer audits as required.
  • Degree in Engineering / Technical discipline or equivalent industry experience/qualification.
  • Tool design experience preferably gained within a heavily regulated manufacturing environment, i.e. aerospace, nuclear, precision machining, automotive, etc.
  • Competent with the use of design software
  • CATIA preferred but other design systems experience will be considered.
  • Understanding of GD&T, limits & fits, with strong assembly and detail manufacturing knowledge, ideally in both metallic and composite products.
  • Ability to read engineering drawings and interpret specifications.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft (Word, Excel, etc.)
Index Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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