Trenton Forging is American owned and operated and a leading producer of custom closed-impression die forgings for a wide array of industries. In business for over 50 years, we have remained the strongest of competitors due to our focus on quality, flexible operations, continuous improvement, and willingness to go above and beyond to meet the needs of our customers.

Position: Engineering Manager

Department: Engineering

Reports to: President

Shift: Days

FLSA Status: Salary/Exempt

Supervisory Responsibilities: Engineering Department

Duties / Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage team members work schedules, duties, and performance
• Provide technical assistance on problems in production areas
• Create, troubleshoot and improve design of forging and support tooling
• Use DEFORM and other software to simulate and test material flow
• Create, troubleshoot and improve efficiencies in CNC machining processes, fixturing, and toolpaths using PowerMill
• Evaluate production activities and prepare reports
• Possess strong sense of ownership and accountability for the success and failure of their assigned unit
• Work with Purchasing and vendors to ensure service contracts are managed effectively.

Essential Functions: Provide decision-making information by collecting, analyzing, and reporting technical data. Technical leader with capability to plan, organize, and direct projects in a professional and logical manner.

Education Requirements: BS of Engineering or experiential equivalent.

Experience Requirements: 7-10 years experience working in a similar role. Experience working in heavy metal forming, casting, or forging preferred.

Skill Requirements:

• Strong problem solving skills
• Attention to detail
• Exceptional organizational skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Software skills: 3-dimensional CAD, Microsoft Office. Experience with toolpath, flow-simulation “Deform”, and surfacing software a plus.

Behaviors/Culture:

• Learning agility – a personal drive to learn, pivot when necessary, and adapt to changing needs of our company in the face of a changing world and customer base
• Intellectual curiosity – proactively investing time and energy into learning more and personally developing in the interest of improving yourself and delivering better results
• Active listening – knows what he/she doesn’t know, welcomes input from others, takes time to clearly understand and respond, allows people time to express their point
• Self-driven – driven by a higher agenda, demonstrates the ability to elevate and remain objective, able and willing to take risks and do difficult things
• Collaborating with others – empowers purposeful engagement, servant leader, keeps things simple, creates an atmosphere of value-driven outcomes
• Accountable – takes responsibility for actions, communicates with transparency, recovers from mistakes, owns their impact

Physical Requirements: Sitting and standing for extended periods of time. May have to work 50+ hours each week.

Benefits:

At Trenton Forging Company, we are committed to providing the ideal climate for personal and professional development for all of our team members. The value of work-life balance is crucial, and the health and happiness of our team is paramount. For this reason, we have created an impressive benefits package for members of our team. Some benefits for full-time employees include:

• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off (PTO) after 90 days
• Medical Insurance Trenton Forging Company pays 80% of medical premiums. Employees are responsible for the remaining 20%. The three health plans we offer are:
• Blue Care Network HMO – with Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO (Simply Blue) – with HSA
• Blue Care Network Traditional – no HSA
• Note: If an employee opts out of their medical coverage with Trenton Forging Company, the Company will pay the employee $70 weekly – totaling $3640 annually. Dental, Vision and Accident Insurance plans through Guardian are also available at negligible costs to the employee. If the employee selects one of the HSA medical plans above, they are automatically enrolled in a Health Savings Account (HSA). The Company makes $500 annual contributions for employees who choose single-person medical coverage and $1000 annual contributions for coverage of 2 or more persons.

• Life Insurance Our forging company automatically pays for a $15,000 life insurance policy for each employee. Additional life insurance may be purchased by the employee, up to $100,000 in employee coverage, $50,000 in spousal coverage, and $10,000 coverage per child.
• 401(k) On the first month after 60 days of employment, all employees are eligible to participate in our 401(k) plan with Merrill Lynch. In profitable years, the Company may match employee contributions with discretionary bonuses to all employees currently participating in our 401(k) plan.
• Tuition Reimbursement – After one year of service, employees are eligible to receive tuition reimbursement for work related course work.