Senior Press Forge Die Designer

Experience with Impression Press Forging Die Design required.

Position: Senior Press Forge Die Designer

Department: Engineering

Reports to: Engineering Manager

Shift: Days

FLSA Status: Exempt/Salaried

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Design and develop press forging impression dies using CREO CAD software.
• Work with engineering and other departments to ensure the dies meet client specifications and industry standards.
• Review customer blueprints.
• Develop and maintain design documentation, including drawings, schematics, and bills of materials.
• Perform structural analysis and simulation to validate die designs and predicted performance.
• Collaborate with manufacturing departments and quality to support first time builds, troubleshoot processes, and achieve first-time quality.
• Stay up to date with new technologies and materials that can improve the performance and reliability of impression die forging presses.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and cost reduction.

Education Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering preferred.

Experience Requirements: This position requires an experienced designer with gained knowledge and expertise in this field, capable of working independently with minimal supervision. A strong track record of first-time quality program launches and problem solving. Experience designing impression dies for a fully automated mechanical or screw press forging cell preferred.

Skill Requirements: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, exceptional organizational skills, strong oral and written communication. Software skills: 3-dimensional CAD, Microsoft Office. Experience with toolpath, flow-simulation such as DEFORM, and surfacing software a plus. Equipment design experience also a plus.

Behaviors/Culture:

• Learning agility – a personal drive to learn, pivot when necessary, and adapt to changing needs of our company in the face of a changing world and customer base
• Intellectual curiosity – proactively investing time and energy into learning more and personally developing in the interest of improving yourself and delivering better results
• Active listening – knows what he/she doesn’t know, welcomes input from others, takes time to clearly understand and respond, allows people time to express their point
• Self-driven – driven by a higher agenda, demonstrates the ability to elevate and remain objective, able and willing to take risks and do difficult things
• Collaborating with others – empowers purposeful engagement, servant leader, keeps things simple, creates an atmosphere of value-driven outcomes
• Accountable – takes responsibility for actions, communicates with transparency, recovers from mistakes, owns their impact

Physical Requirements: Sitting for extended periods of time. Able to work extended hours to support peak workload periods.

Benefits:

At Trenton Forging Company, we are committed to providing the ideal climate for personal and professional development for all of our team members. The value of work-life balance is crucial, and the health and happiness of our team is paramount. For this reason, we have created an impressive benefits package for members of our team. Some benefits for full-time employees include:

• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off (PTO) after 90 days of employment.
• Medical Insurance Trenton Forging Company pays 80% of medical premiums. Employees are responsible for the remaining 20%. The three health plans we offer are:
• Blue Care Network HMO – with Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO – with HSA
• Blue Care Network Traditional – no HSA
• Note: If an employee opts out of their medical coverage with Trenton Forging Company, the Company will pay the employee $70 weekly – totaling $3640 annually. Dental, Vision and Accident Insurance plans through Guardian are also available at negligible costs to the employee. If the employee selects one of the HSA medical plans above, they are automatically enrolled in a Health Savings Account (HSA). The Company makes $500 annual contributions for employees who choose single-person medical coverage and $1000 annual contributions for coverage of 2 or more persons.
• Life Insurance Our forging company automatically pays for a $15,000 life insurance policy for each employee. Additional life insurance may be purchased by the employee, up to $100,000 in employee coverage, $50,000 in spousal coverage, and $10,000 coverage per child.
• 401(k) On the first month after 60 days of employment, all employees are eligible to participate in our 401(k) plan with Merrill Lynch. In profitable years, the Company may match employee contributions with discretionary bonuses to all employees currently participating in our 401(k) plan.
• Tuition Reimbursement – After one year of service, employees are eligible to receive tuition reimbursement for work related course work.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $90,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Referral program
• Relocation assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus opportunities

Experience:

• Press Forging Die Design: 5 years (Preferred)

Work Location: Remote