Job Summary
 
Provide tooling and part feasibility for new and existing programs.
 
Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepares RFQ’s and reviews quotes for new programs and engineering changes
• Prepares and maintains quote summaries for each program
• Involved in the analysis of technical data (drawings, data, and sketch, etc.)
• Provides insight into manufacturability of products based on drawing or design
• Offers feedback to customers and offers suggestions on the design change in order to improve part feasibility
• Prepares/analyzes tooling cost breakdowns
• Establishes target pricing for tool shops and negotiates final price
• Prepares tooling specs and data for kick-off and ECI’s
• Conducts tooling design reviews to ensure cost and quality requirements are met
• Schedules and attends tooling trials
• Qualifies tooling is ready for production
• Develops and maintains Vuteq Canada Moldflow procedures, Injection Mold Design and Build Standards
• Works with production to troubleshoot tooling issues
• Project management of new tools and engineering changes.

 Additional Responsibilities

•  Investigates/benchmarks tooling innovations
• Supports tooling cost control
• Assists sales department in quotation process

 Interpersonal skills

• Lead by example to develop positive and productive professional relationships with internal (Vuteq) and external customers.
• Demonstrate ownership of a project or procedure
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written.
• Conduct statistical analysis of data (performance/dimensional) to understand trends and implement corrective action.
• Work effectively across cultures in a global environment.

Job Qualifications
 
Education

• Two year college or technical school program in related discipline; 10 years minimum related tooling experience

 Training

• CAD software

 Computer Skills (Ideal)

• Design software (Catia V5 or UG NX) or manufacturing software (Cimatron), spreadsheet software, word processing software
• Exposure to MoldFlow software

 Working Conditions
               
Physical Effort and Requirements of this Position
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee must regularly lift/ move up to 10lbs and occasionally lift/move up to 25lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, color, peripheral vision, depth perception and distance.
 
Intellectual Activities and Requirements of this Position
Language Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as; safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organizations

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry

Reasoning Abilities

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule

Work Environment
 
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to travel. The noise level in the work environment is quiet.
 
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Application Process

For those who are interested in working with a fast-paced Tier 1 automotive manufacturer, please send cover letter and resume to the Human Resources Department at careers@vuteq.ca.

We appreciate all applications, however, only those selected for the interviewing process will be contacted.