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Senior Tooling Engineer

Magna
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeNewmarket • CanadaSeniorWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in tooling design, metal forming processes, and project management within the automotive industry, ensuring high-quality production and adherence to timelines and budgets. Proficient in developing strategic tooling plans and leading initiatives for continuous improvement and best practices.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Tooling DesignMetal Forming ProcessesProject ManagementManufacturing Experience in Automotive IndustryAdvanced GD&T

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Assembly

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Manage and support Structural & Mechanisms Tooling Engineers on tooling and tooling-build timelines
  • Ensure high-quality components are produced on time and cost-effectively across North America Structural & Mechanisms Product Divisions
  • Promote current tooling technologies, product innovation, and continuous improvement
  • Develop short- and long-term strategic tooling plans
  • Manage and lead Magna’s Center of Excellence for metal-forming best practices
  • Maintain and improve Center of Excellence documentation
  • Manage new tooling and fixture vendor buy-offs and support production assembly tooling when required
  • Lead design and costing activities for new business
  • Analyze and approve tool-strip layouts, material optimization, and forming simulations
  • Manage the tooling database, including supplier and Magna division audits across North America
  • Report KPIs weekly
  • Achieve tooling budgets, objectives, forecasts, and timelines
  • Coordinate tooling fabrication, engineering changes, program requirements, and tooling implementation
  • Develop tooling manuals, trackers, progress reports, and best practices
  • Act as technical contact for tooling vendors
  • Coordinate FMEA on new tooling
  • Review and approve tooling blank sizes
  • Address daily production quality issues involving stampings, sub-assemblies, and assembly tooling
  • Ensure PPAPs are achieved on time
  • Approve and sign off tooling and gauges using the Die/check fixture Validation Check list
  • Quote tooling and piece prices by developing process and strip layouts
  • Send RFQs to Purchasing, participate in sourcing decisions, and negotiate vendor pricing
  • Work with engineers on simulations to develop formable parts
  • Address customer requirements and serve as customer representative
  • Support audits, ISO/IATF quality systems, environmental and health-and-safety standards
  • Support manufacturing engineering, vendors, maintenance, purchasing, costing, and program management
  • Mentor Structural Products divisions and deploy tooling best practices
  • Conduct Center of Excellence meetings and manage metal-forming initiatives
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in Manufacturing or Engineering, or Community College graduate technical qualification and/or certified apprenticeship in tool & die/mold making or equivalent
  • Minimum of five (5) years manufacturing experience in the automotive industry
  • Familiarity with metal fabricating, assembly processes and related tooling
  • Strong verbal, written, and technical presentation skills within multicultural environments
  • Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, and VISI
  • Ability to travel globally with a valid passport
  • Knowledge of progressive dies, transfer dies, blank forming, tube forming, and roll forming
  • Capability and knowledge of tooling design
  • Knowledge of laser/MIG tooling
  • Advanced GD&T
  • Roll forming knowledge is a requirement
  • Knowledge of fine blanking is an asset
  • Travel required

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Engaging and dynamic work environment
  • Support and resources for employee success
  • Wide range of development prospects
  • Global team environment
  • Equal opportunity employer

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Hard Skills
Tooling DesignMetal FabricatingAssembly ProcessesProgressive DiesTransfer DiesBlank FormingTube FormingRoll FormingLaser/MIG ToolingFMEA Coordination
Soft Skills
Strong Verbal CommunicationTechnical Presentation SkillsMentoring
Tools & Technologies
WordExcelPowerPointMS ProjectVISI
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Manufacturing or EngineeringCertified Apprenticeship in Tool & Die/Mold Making
Industry Keywords
Automotive IndustryISO/IATF Quality SystemsEnvironmental StandardsHealth-and-Safety StandardsCenter of Excellence