Senior Plastics Tooling Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

ConMet - Canton location is looking for a Sr. Plastics Tooling Enginer to manage the design, development, release, repair, and continuous improvement of injection molding tooling to ensure safe, cost-effective, high-quality production of plastic parts. The Sr. Engineer provides problem-solving support for the production of both new and replacement tooling programs and leads the Tooling Technician group at the ConMet – Canton location.

What You Will Do:

• Provide input for all tooling decisions and serve as key contact for project coordination and status.
• Coordinate the interval refurbishments of injection mold tooling onsite.
• Lead vendor quoting and site visits for outside tooling suppliers to support complex repairs that cannot be completed in-house.
• Provide direction, training, and coaching to Tooling Technicians to enhance employee skill set and performance
• Report on progress, roadblocks, successes, and open issues in daily accountability meetings.
• Study existing manufacturing operations and processes to identify opportunities to drive out waste and improve profitability.
• Develop common work standards, identify and reapply best practices.
• Review 3D part designs and submit them to vendors for tooling quotes.
• Support mold design, build, and repair functions.
• Travel to Injection Mold vendors (US/Mexico/Canada) to attend trials and review tool progress.
• Help solve tool design problems, offer suggestions, review designs, and support vendor selection. Provides primary input for all tooling decisions.
• Work as part of a cross-functional team with a focus on the product value stream, including a basic understanding of process flow, equipment, and operations.
• Assist sales, design, or customers with “part” design reviews to optimize manufacturability and cost.
• Maintain and update tooling records in Smartsheet tracking software.
• Hold design review meetings with appropriate ConMet personnel to review the tooling designs.
• Select and interface with tooling vendors to ensure tooling is built to ConMet specifications.
• Coordinate repairs and rework efforts to ensure that changes are made in a timely, cost-effective, efficient, and effective manner.
• Provides support to ConMet manufacturing personnel during tooling sampling runs and through production launch to ensure parts are manufacturable for our processes as designed.
• Works with ConMet Quality Assurance personnel to ensure that parts produced from tooling meet quality requirements.
• Provides problem-solving and maintenance support to the Tool Room and Production as required.
• Maintain awareness of the relevance and importance of activities and how each contributes to achieving quality objectives. Understand the importance of ensuring customer quality standards are met. Responsibilities may include the selection of special characteristics, setting quality objectives and related training, corrective and preventive actions, product design and development, capacity analysis, logistics information, customer scorecards, and customer portals.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives within the Tooling Department.

What You Need to Be Successful:

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent from an accredited college or university. Extended education and experience as an injection mold journeyman is also suitable for consideration.
• Three (3+) or more years of plastics manufacturing engineering experience in a production environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in plastics tool design.
• Expert knowledge of GD&T and proficiency in AutoCAD/PRO E, 3-D modeling software.
• Strong leadership skills.

Employer will not sponsor visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis.

ConMet is…

A division of Amsted Industries, has been advancing the commercial vehicle industry since 1964. A leading global provider to original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket channels, ConMet delivers wheel ends, cast metal components, plastic systems, and automated aerodynamic devices. Designed, engineered, tested, and manufactured in-house, ConMet’s comprehensive portfolio is built to enhance vehicle efficiency, performance, and sustainability. Standard on most heavy-duty vehicles in North America, ConMet products are increasingly adopted in global markets.

A Solutions Provider

We’ve been driving the commercial vehicle industry forward with transformative solutions since 1964. In fact, ConMet solutions and products are installed as OEM first-fit equipment on virtually all heavy-duty trucks in North America.

People-First

Collaboration and innovation are at the heart of everything we do. We focus on creating an environment where our people can thrive by improving our workplaces and our communities across all our global locations.

Customer Focused

For decades, ConMet has been a trusted partner to OEMs, fleets, Tier 1 suppliers, and the aftermarket. We supply forward-thinking, high-performance solutions that bring value to our customers.

Committed To Sustainability

Today’s biggest global challenges require transformative change, and we’re committed to doing our part to reduce our carbon footprint and drive environmental sustainability in the commercial vehicle industry.

Compensation & Benefits

Excellent base salary

• Targeted annual bonus is based on company performance to objectives during the fiscal plan year which runs from October 1 – September 30.
• Comprehensive employee benefits package, including medical/dental/vision coverage, life and disability protection.
• Vacation plan – ConMet offers exempt employees a paid vacation benefit that provides the flexibility to take time off from work based on factors including good discretion, sound performance, and consideration of overall team and business needs.
• ConMet offers an extremely strong retirement package:
  • ESOP - Participation (100% company paid) in the ConMet/Amsted Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP). The Company contributes 10% of considered compensation into this plan each fiscal year.
  • 401k - The Company provides a 401(k) Plan with a 4% employer contribution match.
• Ten paid holidays per year.
• Wellness reimbursement.

ConMet provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local laws (“Protected Characteristics”). Ensuring fair wages is an important Company value. Accordingly, the Company will not pay wages to any employee at a rate less than the Company pays to other employees for work that is substantially equivalent and requires comparable skills unless a bona fide factor justifies a pay differential. The Company prohibits pay disparity based on Protected Characteristics or prior salary history. The Company prohibits retaliation against employees for discussing compensation.