Tooling Engineer

Location: Akron, OH

Job Type: Full Time

About the Role

The Tooling Engineer performs a variety of duties ensuring appropriate, functional, and well-designed injection molds are procured for use at Ferriot. This includes ensuring effective project/program management and customer communication take place.

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrates a primary and unwavering concern for the safety of themselves and others.
• Interfaces with customers, suppliers, and Ferriot employees.
• Assists Cost Estimating with preparing and communicating customer quotations.
• Provides the primary technical liaison with the customer.
• Coordinates outside tooling and ensures timely completion and quality tools are procured.
• Manages the APQP process and effectively communicating project progress and issues to all project stakeholders.
• Takes responsibility for the overall financial and schedule status of projects assigned; working with Ferriot Manufacturing, QC, Scheduling and Procurement (and suppliers as needed), to ensure projects are on budget, on time, and meet expectations.
• Reviews customer products to identify moldability issues, steel conditions, potential cost saving ideas and ways to reduce mold lead time and improve quality.
• Reviews mold designs to ensure adherence to customer specifications and requirements, as well as conformance to Ferriot tool design standards.
• Schedules and leads project review meetings, providing oversight for all activities in the project.
• Works with tool shop suppliers to oversee and approve the designs of all injection molds (new & modifications).
• Approves molds for shipment to Ferriot and releases molds to production.
• Works closely with all manufacturing and administrative personnel to achieve departmental and company goals.
• Communicates using ERP system, APQP system, and standard reporting mechanisms.
• Develops, maintains, and publishes project timelines.
• Tracks and manages changes to project scope to ensure schedule and financial issues are properly documented and resolved.
• Performs other duties and functions as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Education: B.S. in Plastics / Polymer / Mechanical or related engineering discipline, or equivalent experience gained through mold making, mold design or tooling engineering.

Tool Engineering

• Working knowledge of plastics injection molds and designs, including mold building, thermoplastic resins, engineering resins, plastic injection equipment and injection methodology.
• Knowledge and experience using 3D CAD for product and/or tool design (SolidWorks preferred).
• Must have experience with setting up, running, and interpreting mold filling analysis (MFA).
• Solid knowledge of injection molding processes and operations.

Project Management

• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Experienced with use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams/SharePoint.

Qualifications

• Tool Engineering:
• Working knowledge of plastics injection molds and designs, including mold building, thermoplastic resins, engineering resins, plastic injection equipment and injection methodology.
• Knowledge and experience using 3D CAD for product and/or tool design (SolidWorks preferred).
• Must have experience with setting up, running, and interpreting mold filling analysis (MFA).
• Solid knowledge of injection molding processes and operations.
• Working knowledge of engineering and commodity resins.
• Knowledge of drafting and tolerancing techniques, including G.D.&T.
• Intermediate 3D CAD skills and able to operate CAD systems for translating, viewing, and modification of customer design files.
• 6+ years’ experience in injection molding, tooling, and engineering.
• Project Management:
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Experienced with use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams/SharePoint.
• Knowledge of formal project management methods and project management software is desirable.

Desired

• Project Management Certification.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
• SolidWorks 3D CAD Experience at a professional level.
• Mold-making background.
• Scientific molding experience.
• Good working knowledge of mold-filling analysis.
• Product Design Experience.