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# Tooling Systems Design Lead

- **Company:** MacLean-Fogg Company
- **Location:** Mundelein, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $90,002.0 - $109,990.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** 3d Models, Computer-Aided Design, Adobe InDesign, Break Fix
- **Published:** August 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a47dc5acfac9467e

## About the Role

* Education: Bachelor's degree.
 * Experience: 4+ years in tooling design within a manufacturing environment.
 * Deep expertise in tooling design and engineering fundamentals with a history of successful deployments.
 * Demonstrated leadership and mentoring ability across technical teams.

## Description

You start your morning reviewing feedback from overnight production runs. A forming die is nearing end-of-life, and a new fixture concept you modeled last week is ready for peer review. By midday, you're whiteboarding with production, quality, and fellow engineers to fine-tune a cost-effective modification that will extend tool life and lift first-pass yield. In the afternoon, you release updated CAD, finalize the BOM, and guide operators through the change control process before walking the floor to support a pilot launch. Along the way, junior engineers look to you for mentoring and practical coaching., * Own the end-to-end design of precision tooling for manufacturing equipment, aligning with specifications, throughput goals, and industry standards.

 * Research and introduce upgrades that boost quality, reliability, and efficiency across production lines.
 * Partner with production, engineering, and QA to surface design constraints and resolve complex build and run issues.
 * Champion inventive, cost-savvy tooling concepts that improve performance and extend service life.
 * Administer the tool change control process and ensure adherence to internal protocols and relevant regulations.
 * Provide expert hands-on troubleshooting during new product introductions and sustained manufacturing.
 * Create and maintain detailed CAD models, drawings, and complete BOMs to support fabrication and assembly.
 * Model 5S behaviors and maintain an orderly, safe, and audit-ready workspace.
 * Uphold all safety, environmental, and quality procedures to mitigate risk and ensure consistent outcomes.
 * Contribute to continuous improvement to reduce waste and strengthen process stability.
 * Coach and train junior engineers and machine operators in design principles and diagnostic best practices.
 * Take on additional related tasks as needed.


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