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Hours Full-time
Location Savanna, Illinois

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Job Summary

The Tool Design Engineer is responsible for applying advanced engineering expertise to design, develop, and optimize tooling systems that enhance manufacturing efficiency and product quality. This position plays a key role in supporting the company’s operational objectives by driving continuous improvement initiatives and collaborating with cross-functional teams, including production, quality assurance, and engineering departments.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and develop tooling systems for manufacturing processes, ensuring they align with production goals and product specifications.

  • Collaborate effectively with production teams, engineering, and quality assurance to identify tooling requirements and resolve design challenges.

  • Propose and implement innovative solutions to improve tooling performance, reliability, and manufacturability, incorporating cutting-edge technologies when applicable.

  • Manage the tool change control process, ensuring all tooling modifications comply with company standards, procedures, and regulatory requirements.

  • Support production teams by troubleshooting tooling issues, providing hands-on assistance during product launches, and ensuring smooth ongoing operations.

  • Develop and maintain detailed, accurate CAD drawings, bills of materials (BOMs), and other critical design documentation to support manufacturing and assembly operations.

  • Ensure tooling designs are cost-effective, scalable, and able to meet both current and future production needs.

  • Maintain compliance with 5S standards and ensure a clean, organized, and safe working environment.

  • Adhere to and enforce safety, environmental, and quality policies and procedures across all tooling design activities.

  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications (Required)
  • Education: Bachelor's

  • Experience: 1-3 years of relatable experience.

Company Description
At MacLean-Fogg, you’ll be part of a global manufacturing leader with a 100-year legacy of innovation and excellence. We partner with some of the world’s most iconic brands to create high-quality fasteners, components, and engineered solutions for industries that shape the future. With the recent addition of Mallard Manufacturing, we’ve expanded into industry-leading gravity flow solutions for material handling. Here, your ideas and skills will make an impact—driving cutting-edge solutions, advancing sustainability, and helping build a better tomorrow. Join a collaborative team where your contributions matter and your career can thrive.

Company Description

At MacLean-Fogg, you’ll be part of a global manufacturing leader with a 100-year legacy of innovation and excellence. We partner with some of the world’s most iconic brands to create high-quality fasteners, components, and engineered solutions for industries that shape the future. With the recent addition of Mallard Manufacturing, we’ve expanded into industry-leading gravity flow solutions for material handling. Here, your ideas and skills will make an impact—driving cutting-edge solutions, advancing sustainability, and helping build a better tomorrow. Join a collaborative team where your contributions matter and your career can thrive.

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Posting ID: 1260982815 Posted: 2026-06-25 Job Title: Tool Design Engineer