Tooling Maintenance Engineer

OP Mobility; Monterrey; On-site; MXN 502,000 - 837,000; Full time

Job summary

OPmobility is seeking a proactive Tooling Maintenance Engineer in Monterrey to join our Lighting division. You will participate in multidisciplinary teams to optimize injection molds and lead improvements in quality, cost, and lead time.

You will validate tool concepts, manage spare parts, ensure mold inspections meet standards, and contribute to training and our technical information catalog. Proficiency in CATIA, SolidWorks, and AutoCAD 2D is required.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree is essential.
• Conversational English is required.
• Relevant technical experience in plastic injection molds maintenance and repairing (multicolor mold experience is a plus).
• Proficiency in CATIA, SolidWorks, and AutoCAD 2D is required.

Responsibilities

• Participates in multidisciplinary teams focused on reducing injection cycle time and leads or supports functional improvements to molds.
• Participates in the validation of injection tool concepts and provides technical proposals to improve project targets such as quality, cost, and lead time.
• Contributes added value through innovative technical solutions and uses departmental database tools daily.
• Manages spare parts inventory for the tooling workshop.
• Demonstrates knowledge of machinery and equipment used in the area.
• Follows established procedures and work instructions and creates or updates work instructions or procedures when necessary.
• Ensures the development and continuous follow-up of the training plan for technicians.
• Ensures proper incoming inspection of molds according to OPmobility mold standards, verifying that molds arrive in the required condition and meet all specifications.
• Defines and ensures compliance with KPIs such as MTTR (Mean Time to Repair) and MTTB (Mean Time Between Breakdowns).
• Contributes to the consolidation, maintenance, and promotion of the technical information catalog.
• Supports optimization of the mold shop layout.
• Documents lessons learned, including best practices and issues encountered, and communicates them to the Injection & Tooling Expertise Group.

Skills

Mold maintenance

Mold repair

MTTR awareness

MTTB awareness

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical problem solving

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

CATIA

SolidWorks

AutoCAD 2D

Job description

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Tooling Maintenance Engineer

Hungry for challenges? Join a group with innovation at its heart and contribute to the automotive revolution!

OPmobility is a world-leading provider of innovative solutions for a unique, safer and more sustainable mobility experience. Innovation-driven since its creation, the Group develops and produces intelligent exterior systems, customized complex modules, lighting systems, clean energy systems and electrification solutions for all mobility companies. With a €11.6 billion economic revenue in 2024, a global network of 150 plants and 40 R&D centers, OPmobility relies on its 40,300 employees to meet the challenges of transforming mobility.

OPmobility Lighting covers the entire lighting value chain, from components to complete headlamps, from traditional lighting to intelligent and high-performance products. The business group develops interior and exterior solutions that enable greater design freedom, enhanced safety and driver assistance.

Our ambition? Provide automakers with cutting-edge equipment and solutions to develop tomorrow’s clean and connected car.

Main Responsibilities

• Participates in multidisciplinary teams focused on reducing injection cycle time and leads or supports functional improvements to molds.


• Participates in the validation of injection tool concepts and provides technical proposals to improve project targets such as quality, cost, and lead time.


• Contributes added value through innovative technical solutions and uses departmental database tools daily.


• Manages spare parts inventory for the tooling workshop.


• Demonstrates knowledge of machinery and equipment used in the area.


• Follows established procedures and work instructions and creates or updates work instructions or procedures when necessary.


• Ensures the development and continuous follow-up of the training plan for technicians.


• Ensures proper incoming inspection of molds according to OPmobility mold standards, verifying that molds arrive in the required condition and meet all specifications.


• Defines and ensures compliance with KPIs such as MTTR (Mean Time to Repair) and MTTB (Mean Time Between Breakdowns).


• Contributes to the consolidation, maintenance, and promotion of the technical information catalog.


• Supports optimization of the mold shop layout.


• Documents lessons learned, including best practices and issues encountered, and communicates them to the Injection & Tooling Expertise Group.

Required Profile

• Engineering degree is essential.


• Conversational English is required.


• Relevant technical experience in plastic injection molds maintenance and repairing (multicolor mold experience is a plus).


• Proficiency in CATIA, SolidWorks, and AutoCAD 2D is required.

As a responsible company, OPmobility pays particular attention to diversity and equality within its teams and the Group commits to treat all job applications equally.