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Engineering Specialist - Tool and Die Specialist
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
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"
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.