Engineering Tooling and Design Manager - Cold Forming /...

Fulton River Partners is excited to be working with a client based west of Chicago to hire an Engineering Manager to focus on both design and tooling for their Fasteners business. We are open to a number of different types of backgrounds, however this role REQUIRES Cold FormingCold Heading experience. Job Duties:• Manages and coordinates the activities of the engineering department.• Discovers potential problems, solves problems, implements changes, and continuously monitors progress.• Attends production meetings on a regular basis for status updates and product launches.• Leads quoting process• Oversees the development of Engineering Masters.• Attends and participates in on-site client visits.• Budget responsibilities for engineering department including all software seats, training, travel, and identifying new opportunities for continuous improvement in operations.• Develops and monitors policies and procedures for department.• Develops and presents updates in management meetings, such as management review meetings.• Directs department in scheduling workload and status of available hours.• Maintains and enforces compliance of directory structure.• Determines needs and cross-trains all employees to ensure backup in all areas.• Monitors programming machining times to quoted times.• Effectively and proactively manages continuous improvement on existing programs.• Sets goals for each employee and monitors their activity.• Responsible for employee development, including programming skills, problem solving, teamwork,and identifying team members for program management projects.• Facilitates good working relationships among subordinates and across all departments.• Monitors creation of set-up and tear-down documentation.• First line of engineering assistance for operations.• Responsible for all project schedules and projects within the department.• Conducts regular staff meetings and one on ones with staff.• Works with other functional areas (Sales, Purchasing, Manufacturing, etc.) to obtain cooperation,agreement or assistance as required to get the job done correctly within budget and on time.• Responsible for Performance Management, including selection, training, employee development,performance reviews, and disciplinary action.• Support manufacturing process in varying capacities, as required.Skills and Abilities:• Must have tool design experience with cold header machines and fasteners.• Hands on in manufacturing environment• Strong personnel leadership skills leading a team while developing leaders within the dept.• Strong communication and presentation skills up and down the organization.• Project Management skills to monitor and manage programs to meet internal and customer needdates.• Good organizational skills, ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize in a fast-pacedenvironment.• Strong problem solving, decision making and process improvement skills.• Ability to develop and implement key engineering metrics to monitor dept. performance and ID gaps.• Must be an analytical thinker to think outside the box to come up with solutions.• Must be a team player that can work x functionally within the organization to come up with solutions.• Knowledge of manufacturing process• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, CAD (solid works) - knowledgeable with CAM software (AutoCAD PartMaker, SurfCam, Mastercam, etc.)• Must be able to develop and modify work instructions for the Mfg. engineering dept. along with theprogramming team.• Ability to multitask and prioritize needs in a fast-paced environment• Willing to do other things as required.Education and Experience:• Bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology or similar degree - master's degree is a plus.• Must have experience in the production of fasteners.• A minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, specifically in metal working,automotive or other high tolerance industry required• Five (5+) years' experience leading a small group of technical engineers.• Experience with working with customers on a technical basis - DFM, DFA, blueprint reviews, modelreviews, routing development, etc.• Strong experience in 3D Cad Modeling• Strong experience with machining metal background• Project management and organizational skills preferred.

Created: 2025-02-22