Cold Heading Engineer

Cold Heading Engineer Job Description

We are seeking a skilled Cold Heading Engineer to join our team at Inova Health System. The successful candidate will be responsible for tooling, gaging, machine repair parts, and all aspects of the Cold Heading process.

Key Responsibilities:

Analyze blueprints, specifications, proposals, and other documentation to determine methodologies, techniques, principles, and related costs for quoting purposes.
Prepare orders from sales for manufacture, plan manufacturing processes or sequences of operations to produce the given part, and decide on machines and methods for manufacture.
Draw necessary prints to facilitate manufacture throughout the process, devise a layout and tooling book for each die and punch used in the manufacturing process, and make all tooling prints using Cadkey 19 software.
Supervise the Tooling Coordinator to ensure proper quantities are in stock for tooling and machine repair parts, coordinate efforts of co-workers and outside vendors to procure necessary tooling, and apply 'SPC' and other Quality Control measures as required.
Troubleshoot problems on the shop floor regarding tooling, fixtures, gaging, and other manufacturing-related issues, purchase machine repair parts as required, and keep drawings up to date and orderly.
Work with the Quality Control Department in assigning and designing gages and gaging procedures, stay informed of new techniques and products within the heading industry, and respond to all heading-related problems.
Act in the company's best interest at all times and participate in relevant continuing education programs as identified or proposed by executive management.
Comply with all company policies, instructions, and directions to fulfill company objectives.

Requirements:

High School Diploma
Preferred: 2-year Associate Degree in engineering or previous experience or on-the-job training
Ability to read and interpret documents, write reports, add, subtract, multiply, and divide, work with ratios, percentages, fractions, and proportions, and use and read measuring devices, such as calipers and micrometers
Ability to define and solve problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions based on those facts, and make decisions
Computer skills in in-house programs and Cadkey 19 software, ability to manage and complete multiple tasks

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