Skills
52 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
15 skills
Essential skills / competences
13 skills
Optional knowledge
3 skills
Optional skills / competences
21 skills
Overview
Tooling engineer work is about designing manufacturing tools, estimating cost and delivery time, following tool construction and keeping production tooling reliable.
In job descriptions, look for CAD, technical drawings, tooling quotations, production feasibility, tool maintenance, cost-benefit reports, manufacturing processes and problem analysis for tool failures.
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Tooling engineers sit close to manufacturing, design and maintenance. They turn production needs into tool concepts, drawings, estimates and follow-up actions when tooling causes delays, defects or downtime.
Skills and specializations
The role draws on CAD, technical drawings, manufacturing processes, mechanics, production feasibility and cost-benefit analysis. Some posts add CAM, prototype design, precision measurement or production-capacity planning.
Salary context
Pay comparisons should separate routine drawing support from roles that own tooling decisions, supplier follow-up, major fault analysis and action plans for production recovery.
Career paths
Experience can move toward senior manufacturing engineering, tooling project leadership, process improvement, production standards, supplier technical coordination or wider mechanical engineering roles.
Good to know
Check whether a vacancy focuses on new tool design, quotation work, maintenance supervision, production troubleshooting or all of these. The required software stack and shop-floor contact matter.
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This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Alternative labels
tooling engineering expert
toolmaker/tooling engineer
manufacturing tooling engineer
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tooling design engineer
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tooling technology engineering consultant
Occupation group
mechanical engineer (2144.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/79fed799-ab3a-43d9-bd91-414c2c3b2f57 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2144.1.22 |
| ISCO group | 2144 |
| Concept type | Occupation |