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We are hiring a hardworking Tooling Engineer - IAC to join our growing team at WRKFRC in Göteborg.
Growing your career as a Full Time Tooling Engineer - IAC is a fantastic opportunity to develop relevant skills.
If you are strong in leadership, teamwork and have the right drive for the job, then apply for the position of Tooling Engineer - IAC at WRKFRC today!

Main Function / Purpose of Job 

Working closely with the Engineering Team (together with OEM and supply base as necessary) to ensure that, from inception, emerging component concepts and designs are inherently tooling / equipment / process feasible and robust, fully accommodating the principle of Design for Manufacture, both in terms of function and life cycle. To recognise, and work towards, a cost-optimised component / tooling design solution, delivering acceptable and repeatable part quality.

Main Missions And Results

• Responsible for conducting activities within its department in an effective manner towards achieving common objectives of IAC (name of plant) as well as the IAC Group.
• Reporting deviations from the standard and takes appropriate measures and corrective actions.
• Take action to achieve the operational objectives set out in production plans and indicators (KPIs).
• Provide technical support for all aspects of creating and maintaining a preferred IAC supplier listing, based upon a ‘Framework Agreement’, communicating effectively with Purchasing personnel. This to accommodate ongoing risk (and Total Cost of Ownership) analysis.
• Supply tooling assumption for Purchase-driven RFQs as requested.
• Provide timely VFM support for negotiations with OEM so as to meet individual programme timing constraints.
• Support and guide Product Design personnel in ensuring DFM.
• To facilitate the necessary links with suitable suppliers for timely design inputs in compliance with IAC TSoW.
• Act as conduit between Product Design and supplier for iterative CAE (Autodesk) inputs, and oversee appropriate execution.
• Liaise with Manufacturing personnel to confirm that tooling designs are sympathetic to planned process flow.
• Utilise, as appropriate, DFMEA & PFMEA methodology in achieving optimised part and tool design.
• Ensure that tool designs adhere fully to latest issue IAC tooling Specification.
• Sign-off tool GA for press fit and service compliance and escalate any aspects of tool design / function (though covered by TSoW) that could be considered marginal or non-preferred.
• Critically analyse robustness of supplier design and manufacturing timeline.
• Closely monitor supplier’s adherence to timeline at mutually agreed intervals, with visits / utilizing photographic evidence of progress, as appropriate to manufacturing location, reporting regularly.
• Attend T0, and subsequent supplier-based trials, as necessary to confirm compliance to (or satisfactory progress towards) all acceptance criteria elements of TSoW.
• Act as principal point of contact for all communications with supplier.
• Throughout the period of manufacture and introduction to plant, manage ECR’s, providing VFM support, as necessary, for Purchasing initiatives.
• Provide support to Product Engineers in pursuit of tooling / secondary equipment trials, commissioning and plant sign-off, to Job 1 + 90 days, but beyond if circumstances dictate.
• Manage the completion and supply of all tool and equipment transfer documentation packs, including GAs, dimensional data, recommended spares listings, warranty compliance, maintenance schedules etc.
• Responsible for providing information and reports on the current implementation of tasks to its immediate superior.
• Co-corresponds for new projects implemented in the company through active participation and opinions on projects in the subordinate area.
  

Preferred Skills And Experience

• Degree in the discipline of mechanical engineering, machine or electrical engineering.
• Extensive experience in a toolmaking / process / secondary equipment manufacturing environment, covering manufacturing processes routinely utilised in IAC programmes - conventional injection moulding, twin-shot, back injection, IMD, slush – PU / TPO skin etc.
• Extensive exposure to Automotive Industry methods and approach.
• Fluent English language skills required
• A clear ability to implement timely DFM inputs.
• Flexibility regarding frequent business travel.
• Evidence of managing the detail of time critical programme tooling elements.
• Ability to negotiate - on equal terms - with supplier representatives, regarding both technical and commercial issues.
• Well-developed time management and interpersonal skills.

Benefits of working as a Tooling Engineer - IAC in Göteborg:

● Excellent benefits
● Opportunities to grow
● Competitive salary