Tooling Proposals Engineer

ATA Recruitment; Essex; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing company in Essex is seeking a Tooling Proposals Engineer responsible for liaising with clients and overseeing the design and manufacture of tooling. Ideal candidates will have a strong technical understanding of injection moulding and experience in client-facing roles. The position offers a salary of £40,000 - £42,000, a company car, and a 10% commission scheme, along with a pension plan.

Benefits

Company Car

Commission Scheme Circa 10%

Pension

Qualifications

• Strong technical understanding of injection moulding.
• Previous experience in a client facing, sales, project, design or practical role in relation to injection moulding.
• Strong problem solver with analytical skills.
• Strong relationship builder comfortable engaging with new customers.
• Sound commercial acumen.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with clients and Toolmaking department.
• Review CAD designs to understand tooling requirements.
• Calculate component costs and prepare customer quotations.
• Oversee manufacturing of mould tools and trials.
• Present first-off samples to customers for approval.

Skills

Technical understanding of injection moulding

Client facing experience

Problem solving

Relationship building

Commercial acumen

Job description

Tooling Proposals Engineer

Essex

£40,000 - 42,000 + Company Car + Commission Scheme circa 10% + Pension

The Company

Our client has a 50-year trading history designing, developing and providing the highest quality plastic mouldings for customers in the medical, scientific and numerous other industrial sectors.

The business employs 60 staff with a £6 million turnover and typically commissions £½ million of new tooling each year.

Due to succession planning the business is in the market for a Tooling Proposals Engineer who will be responsible for taking incoming enquiries for new business, and through working closely with customers, toolmakers and the internal manufacturing team convert these enquiries into orders.

The Role

The role of Tooling Proposals Engineer will be responsible for liaising with new and recurring clients and acting as a conduit between them and the Toolmaking department to ensure the tooling design, manufacture and sale is successful.

Clients will come to the Tooling Proposals Engineer with a new product for manufacture for which new tooling must be designed and manufactured (could be multiple tools for larger orders). After an understanding of the tooling requirements are gained from the CAD design provided by the client, the following processes will be followed:

• CAD data is forwarded to Toolmaker to determine potential concerns and budget cost.
• The Tooling Proposals Engineer will review the information from the Toolmaker and understands any initial concerns.
• Calculate piece cost for the component.
• Prepare quotation for customer and raise manufacturing feasibility concerns.
• Order is then placed for the tooling to be manufactured.
• The Tooling Proposals Engineer will oversee the manufacture of mould tools and the trials
• First off samples are presented to customer.
• Concerns or modifications are addressed and tooling commences production.
• Tooling is then kept and maintained for product runs whenever required by client>

The role is predominantly office based with requirements to travel to customers to discuss enquiries when required.

The Candidate

To be successful in your application for this Tooling Proposals Engineer role you will need:

• A strong technical understanding of injection moulding
• Previous experience in a client facing, sales, project, design or practical role in relation to injection moulding
• To be a strong problem solver who can analyse
• To be a strong relationship builder who is comfortable engaging with new customers
• Sound commercial acumen

The Benefits

For this Tooling Proposals Engineer role the following benefits are on offer:

• £40,000 - 42,000
• Company Car
• Commission Scheme Circa 10%
• Pension

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation