Senior Manufacturing Tooling Engineer

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda
Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it's a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of "power" that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize "the joy and freedom of mobility" by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a "zero environmental footprint."

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.

If your goals and values align with Honda's, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

Job Purpose

Manage and improve production line productivity and quality relative to cutting tool designs to achieve manufacturing characteristic improvements.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead tool budget creation, control, and analysis to evaluate cutting tool budget
• Lead/coordinate daily engineering support troubleshooting tooling problems to achieve quality, cost and delivery targets; develop and maintain tools, tool drawings and holder
• Perform and coordinate tool analysis - documenting and reporting the results for continuous improvement through the use of sound engineering theory and technology to improve running characteristics (SEQDCM)
• Coordinate the development of cutting tools, tool holders, and machining process for new model, capacity up, and new technology implementation
  Provide technical support for internal tool setup and tool regrind processes
• Support line side trial runs during tool test and new models to ensure quality and delivery is achieved
• Lead collaborative meetings & negotiate with customers/suppliers of all levels & capabilities
• Communicate and present technical issues and tool reports to audiences of all backgrounds and levels
• Work with production, new model, machining, product development and other engineering to ensure balanced processing occurs
• Build mutually beneficial relationships with customers and suppliers
• Develop, manage and execute Business Plan activities in a timely manner

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

Minimum Education:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering (e.q. Mechanical, Electrical)

Minimum Experience:

• 2-8 years of experience in equipment engineering

Decisions Expected

• Develop tool process plans which directly impacts line characteristics (SEQDCM)
• Evaluate areas of tooling loss to develop future business plan activities
• Evaluate new model part features for best processing methods which impact line characteristics

Working Conditions

• 40% Office environment & 60% Production Floor implementing projects and/or countermeasures
• 1-2 day trips approximately 3 times per year. Potential overseas travel for 2-4 weeks at a time with New Model
• 5-12 Hours overtime per week / Some weekends and holiday/shutdown work as needed

What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards:

• Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
• Paid Overtime
• Regional Bonus (when applicable)
• Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
• Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401K Plan with company match additional contribution
• Relocation assistance (if eligible)

Career Growth:

• Advancement Opportunities
• Career Mobility
• Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning
• Training and Development Programs

Additional Offerings:

• Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
• Lifestyle Account
• Childcare Reimbursement Account
• Elder Care Support
• Wellbeing Program
• Community Service and Engagement Programs
• Product Programs

Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.

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