Engineer, Tooling

FTAI Aviation

$80K — $95K *
Miami, FL 33186In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field; or equivalent experience (5+ years)
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office
  • Logical problem-solving and decision-making skills
  • Strong data analysis and conclusion-drawing capabilities
  • Ability to interpret complex technical instructions
  • Legally authorized to work in the U.S.
  • Fluent in English, both written and verbal

Responsibilities

  • Oversee new tool builds to meet specifications and timelines
  • Manage tooling engineering for production line support
  • Lead tooling for test machinery and lines
  • Enhance part quality to minimize scrap and rework
  • Establish a strong manufacturing focus within the department
  • Implement a visual and effective tooling maintenance schedule
  • Coordinate timely repairs with vendors and obtain quotes

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Paid time off and holiday leave
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Supportive workplace safety culture
  • Collaborative team environment
Full Job Description
JOB OVERVIEW

The Tooling Engineer supervises the planning, development, deployment, and execution of new tools, changes to existing tools, and the maintenance of existing tools.

Responsibilities:

  • Oversee all new tool builds and ensure tools are delivered to internal specifications and best practices within timelines.
  • Head responsibility for tooling engineering required for production lineassistance.
  • Head responsibility for tooling inclusive of test tooling on allotted machines plus lines.
  • Perform toward enhancing entire part quality to reduce scrap as well as rework.
  • Establish and execute strong manufacturing client focus across the department and in support of plant-wide operations.
  • Manage a tooling maintenance scheduling and tracking system that is visual,accurate, and adequate to meet all internal requirements.
  • Responsible for contacting tooling vendors for repairsin a timely manner, and securing competitive quotes for repairs being performed
  • Ensure to provide cost-effective and high-quality technical support to all customers on time.
  • Maintain andcomply withhigh standardsfor housekeeping and safety resulting in a safe and clean atmosphere for all employees.
  • Ensure to pay careful attention to the entire shop floor bottlenecks.
  • Support to reduce conversion costs and enhance process equipment OEE.
  • Convey detailed relevant information to upper management
  • Write toolingmethodologyplus specifications for new tooling manufacturing.
  • Support with scheduling,interactwith vendors, and various daily functions.

Required Qualifications:
  • BS in Engineering or related technical field; or equivalent combination +5 years of related experience and education and/or training.
  • Proficient in MS Office
  • Approaches challenges and decisions logically, with a sense of proportionality and good judgment
  • Ability to define problems, collect data,establishfacts, and draw valid conclusions.
  • Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S
  • Must be fluent in English (written and verbal)

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Good verbal and written communication and presentation skills and ability to prepare clear, informative, and logical papers or reports on departmental or technical matters.

Job Demands:

Work is performed in a Shop environment and requires the ability to perform extensive standing, driving, walking, and climbing; to lift up to 50lbs. regularly; to manipulate up to 100lbs. with assistance. Must be able to bend, stoop, climb to reach materials, and work in a noisy environment.

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