Tool Designer

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

SUMMARY
Develops plans for single stage or progressive stage dies for stamping, forming, forging, or extrusion presses by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Works with customers, when required, in designing, specifying, and dimensioning of their stamped product to optimize its function and ensure manufacturability.
• Interprets and understands customer part prints, including various dimensioning schemes, standard tolerancing and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing,
• Possesses a broad knowledge of raw material types, including copper-based materials, steels, stainless steels, etc., their respective properties and their effect in stamping dies.
• Possesses a broad knowledge of post stamping processes such as deburring, plating, passivation, heat treating, etc.
• Determines sequence and number of die stages in which single or progressive cutting, punching, and forming will be accomplished, and type of die sets required to produce complete part, based on knowledge of dies, forming processes, and machines.
• Designs strip layouts, progressive and single hit dies, and drafts all necessary drawings for the manufacturing of tooling necessary to produce the intended parts or function.
• Works with various personnel in a team environment to achieve a design which can effectively produce the required part, while optimizing raw strip usage, balancing design with maintainability, maximizing production run speed, matching design style to projected product life and annual production estimates and minimizing die fabrication costs.
• Coordinates the purchase of tooling components as required.
• Observes setup and tryout of newly developed dies in press to determine need for redesign or readiness for production use.
• Works with die shop personnel in the grooming process and in solving other tooling problems when required.
• Performs redline and design changes for debugged dies as well as sustaining design changes for existing dies.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or a minimum of five years' related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

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 organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of trigonometry, basic algebra, and geometry.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL DEMANDS: The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.