Job Description
Our client, a well-established manufacturing company specializing in precision plastic injection molding and advanced manufacturing, is seeking an Injection Molding Tooling Manager to provide hands-on technical leadership for its tooling operations.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- Lead injection mold troubleshooting, repair, maintenance, modification, and continuous improvement.
- Remain hands-on with mold fitting, assembly, repair, and troubleshooting.
- Coordinate new mold builds, tooling repairs, preventive maintenance, engineering changes, and outside tooling.
- Support mold design reviews, trials, qualifications, validations, and production launches.
- Identify and resolve tooling-related causes of quality issues, scrap, downtime, and tool failures.
- Drive improvements in mold reliability, performance, and tool life.
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring to Mold Makers and Tool Room personnel while partnering with Engineering, Quality, Production, Maintenance, and Process teams.
- 10+ years of hands-on plastic injection mold-making/tooling experience preferred; exceptional candidates with less experience may be considered.
- Extensive experience building, repairing, maintaining, modifying, fitting, assembling, and troubleshooting injection molds.
- Strong knowledge of mold construction, components, cooling, venting, ejection, shutoffs, and parting lines, including hot runner and complex mold systems.
- Strong blueprint reading and GD&T skills.
- Hands-on experience with CNC machining, EDM, milling, grinding, and turning.
- Strong plastic injection molding and thermoplastic tooling knowledge, with the ability to independently troubleshoot complex tooling and part-quality issues.
- Strong technical leadership and mentoring skills; previous management experience is not required.
- Tool & Die, Mold Making, Journeyman, or Apprenticeship certification preferred. Experience with new mold builds, mold trials/validation, outside tooling, or regulated manufacturing is a plus.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Fitchburg, MA |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 20 to 49 employees |
| Year Founded | 1992 |
| Website | http://thepanthergrp.com |
About Company
The Panther Group is minority owned and certified, making diversity, equity and inclusion core components of our mission.
With our commitment to respecting and empowering our employees as individuals, diversity is a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
The Panther Group has a proven track record of connecting quality talent with the right position. We believe in a hands-on approach, with a focus on building lasting relationships with our Employees and our Clients. Our Employees find flexibility and growth to reach their career goals.
The Panther Group celebrates 25 years of recruitment and workforce solutions expertise.
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