What are the responsibilities and job description for the Tooling Designer position at RBC?
The purpose of this position is responsible to provide engineering design services to support and maintain product manufacturing throughout the plant.
Principal Responsibilities
- Provide tool and fixture design services to support and maintain product manufacturing throughout the plant using 3D Solid Modeling CAD software.
- Assist and provide tool design guidance, expertise and support in the implementation of new products into manufacturing.
- Working from sketches or verbal instructions from manufacturing or product engineering develop technical solutions of design projects to be in alignment with our plant needs.
- Establish tool design rules for new machinery placed in operation, documenting and communicating to others in the department.
- Responsible for checking drawings prior to approval to ensure accuracy and compliance to current manufacturing standards.
- Responsible for organizing large inventory of tooling items.
- Maintain a database to assign the correct tooling items as required for manufacturing.
- Responsible for updating departmental procedures as needed.
- Supports lean enterprise activities in support of API Plant objectives.
- Familiarity with and ability to interpret customer and industry standards and specifications.
- Able to identify product drawing requirements for new and special products.
- Communicate effectively, orally and in writing
Qualifications
Associates degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering field and/or 5 years of experience in design drafting, mechanical design or manufacturing methods and/or related engineering field in a manufacturing environment or any combination of experience, education and training which would provide the level of knowledge, skill and ability required.