Tooling Design Engineering Manager

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At Petersen our team members are not just employees they are members of the Petersen/Precinmac community. We recognize that a company is only as good as it's team members and ours are incredible!

Petersen offers a competitive benefits package which includes 4x10 work schedule, food market breakrooms. Competitive wage, quarterly bonuses, referral bonuses for selected positions. wellness program, medical, dental, vision, disability, life, 401k with employer match. Paid time off, and holiday pay. On the job training programs and training reimbursement. We also offer multiple employee engagement activities and community events.

Job Summary

The Tooling Design Engineering Manager will lead a team of draftsmen and mechanical engineers to support external customers, internal engineering teams, and shop floor associates in activities ranging from quoting design activities to designing shipping fixtures and internal tooling. This role acts as a support organizational within Petersen for engineering, continuous improvement, and operations teams as a technical resource. Typical activities include:

• Collaborating on build plans with focus on design for manufacturability
• Reviewing customer prints as part of quoting activities
• Designing custom tooling and fixturing for machining and fabrication departments
• Creating prints, models, shop drawings, and detail views to support shop floor builds, machine programming, and improve project quality and efficiency
• Developing Lifting / rigging plans and tooling to support safe operations
• Completing stress tests and analysis of tooling and components
• Preparing material specifications and design calculations as required
• Supporting customer design requests, clarifications, etc. during job completion

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Leadership:

• Experience leading teams of engineering disciplines and/or drafting disciplines
• 5-10 years as a project engineer or similar discipline with mechanical design experience
• 2-5 years managing engineers

• Review and address active project performance reports and provide direction to engineering staff
• Must have strong verbal and written communication skills to communicate both internally with teams composed of shop floor staff up to General Manager and externally with our customers as the face of Petersen Inc.
• Promote continuous improvement and training with a focus on quality, accuracy and efficiency
• Complete Bi-annual Employee Evaluations for direct reports.
• Assist with the enforcement of company policies and procedures

Technical:

• Sign-off on final designs and other associated approvals
• Supervise, maintain and develop Engineering Standards and product catalog

• Must be proficient in blueprint reading, good drafting skills, including geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Effective math skills including algebra, trigonometry and geometry.
• Must be familiar with the design process and specifications leading to construction documents.
• Experience with Tooling design and Lifting/Rigging plan design
• Experience conducting Stress test and analysis on Tooling and Lift aids
• This individual would be the admin for all engineering software
• Welding and Machining knowledge is critical
• Experience completing design for manufacturability reviews with customers

Experience/Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
• PE Certification - Machine design and materials
• Project Management Experience
• 3D CAD Design experience (SolidWorks and ePDM are used at Petersen Inc)
• Design experience in machines, tooling, weld cells, and other machine solutions
• Educational, training, and experience requirements may be modified at the Management Team's discretion
• Computer proficiency including MS Office, CAD Software, PDM Software, and project management software
• FMEA, Equipment Capability, Safety (OSHA)

Preferred Experience/Skills:

• Master's degree in engineering preferred

Essential Mental Functions:

Must understand vague and implicit instructions and react favorably in all work situations. Must be mentally adaptable and flexible in dealing with a variety of people. Is frequently called upon to handle difficult situations. Must be able to communicate providing feedback in a professional manner. Must be able to answer questions in a professional and friendly manner. Requires occasional public contact. Must be able to handle stressful situations in a professional manner.

Essential Physical Functions:

Requires sitting for prolonged periods. Requires manual dexterity sufficient to operate standard office machines such as computer, photocopier, calculator, etc. Requires vision correctable to within normal range for designing, spreadsheets, etc. Requires ability to give and receive communication to different levels of the organization.

Safety Requirements:

• Must be committed to a high standard of safety and be willing and able to comply with all safety laws and all of the employer's safety policies and rules and must be willing to report safety violations and potential safety violations to appropriate supervisory or management personnel.

Availability:

• Must maintain regular and acceptable attendance at such level as is determined in the employer's sole discretion.
• Must be available and willing to work overtime as the employer determines is necessary or desirable to meet its business needs.

Travel:

Must be available and willing to travel as the employer determines is necessary or desirable to meet its business needs.

Additional Comments:

Note: Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time