Alliance Precision Plastics, Inc.
Director of Tooling & Engineering
Alliance Precision Plastics, Inc., Rochester, New York, United States
Description
Working with Project Engineers, overall responsibility of the tooling, Engineering, and Project Management activities of the Company
Day to Day management of Project Engineers that lead the design, mold build, and qualification activities from first article to customer acceptance to approved production.
Overall project management tracking for new domestic and offshore mold builds, assuring accountability to costs and profit through tool approval.
Working with the Toolroom Manager, overall management responsibility for toolroom operations including performance to standards and profitability.
Integral part of RFQ Team to evaluate new opportunities, generate tooling quotations, and identify engineering design and moldability issues with potential new work
Able to perform and assist in Tool design reviews.
Able to run CAD software, preferably Solidworks.
Able to perform and analyze Mold Flows.
Familiarity with the many types of injection molding resins.
Recommend resins to customers suitable for their application.
Work with customers on new project opportunities and legacy parts.
Create DFM’s and analyze those provided by Tooling vendors and internal.
Working with Production and Process Engineering, facilitate process improvements to reduce cycle times, improve tools, improve quality and reduce production cost of existing and new parts
Responsible for providing leadership in achieving state-of- the -art technical capabilities in Injection Molding and Tooling.
Responsible to drive continuous improvement efforts and be a leader of existing and new lean teams and promote this through the Engineering and Tooling departments.
Must be able to multi-task and work successfully in a fast-paced environment, with strong attention to detail.
QUALIFICATIONS Education
BA or BS with a concentration in Engineering or Management, or equivalent experience
Experience
Ideally 10+ years in plastic injection molding and tooling or manufacturing environments
Skills
Ability to communicate with internal and external customers
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Working with Project Engineers, overall responsibility of the tooling, Engineering, and Project Management activities of the Company
Day to Day management of Project Engineers that lead the design, mold build, and qualification activities from first article to customer acceptance to approved production.
Overall project management tracking for new domestic and offshore mold builds, assuring accountability to costs and profit through tool approval.
Working with the Toolroom Manager, overall management responsibility for toolroom operations including performance to standards and profitability.
Integral part of RFQ Team to evaluate new opportunities, generate tooling quotations, and identify engineering design and moldability issues with potential new work
Able to perform and assist in Tool design reviews.
Able to run CAD software, preferably Solidworks.
Able to perform and analyze Mold Flows.
Familiarity with the many types of injection molding resins.
Recommend resins to customers suitable for their application.
Work with customers on new project opportunities and legacy parts.
Create DFM’s and analyze those provided by Tooling vendors and internal.
Working with Production and Process Engineering, facilitate process improvements to reduce cycle times, improve tools, improve quality and reduce production cost of existing and new parts
Responsible for providing leadership in achieving state-of- the -art technical capabilities in Injection Molding and Tooling.
Responsible to drive continuous improvement efforts and be a leader of existing and new lean teams and promote this through the Engineering and Tooling departments.
Must be able to multi-task and work successfully in a fast-paced environment, with strong attention to detail.
QUALIFICATIONS Education
BA or BS with a concentration in Engineering or Management, or equivalent experience
Experience
Ideally 10+ years in plastic injection molding and tooling or manufacturing environments
Skills
Ability to communicate with internal and external customers
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