Alltrista - Engineer, Tooling

Jadex Inc.; Greer (SC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Alltrista Plastics LLC is seeking a Tooling Engineer to join its plastics tooling team. You will work with Sales and Engineering to translate part designs into effective mold solutions, lead mold design reviews with suppliers, and approve designs before builds.

You will source qualified suppliers, manage quotes for molds and machinery, and support accurate pricing. The role involves FAT/IQ/OQ/PQ testing and up to 20% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Management or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years in plastics tooling or tooling management.
• Experience with injection molding, mold trials, and capital tooling projects.

Responsibilities

• Work with Sales and Engineering to define molding solutions for part designs.
• Contribute to mold design decisions and specify components for new molds.
• Approve mold designs before builds and lead supplier design reviews.
• Source qualified suppliers and manage high-volume quotes for molds and machinery.
• Provide supplier quote information to support accurate part and project pricing.
• Improve quoting processes and maintain an up-to-date Approved Supplier List.
• Monitor mold and machine builds and conduct FAT/IQ/OQ/PQ verifications.
• Support Account & Program Managers with technical execution; travel up to 20%.

Skills

5 years plastics industry experience

Mold design understanding

Ability to lead design reviews

Supplier relationship management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Management or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Alltrista Plastics LLC, is a subsidiary of Jadex Inc., and is a leading manufacturer in high-volume, precision injection molded parts. The company designs and manufactures with proprietary engineering processes and extensive manufacturing capabilities, from five (5) locations worldwide. From the first spark of an idea, through the design of the mold to the actual manufactured product, Alltrista Plastics focuses all efforts on delivering innovative plastic solutions. The company’s core markets include Consumer Products, Medical/Healthcare, Personal Care, Health & Beauty, Caps & Closures, and Packaging.

EMPLOYER’S NAME: Alltrista Plastics LLC

POSITION TITLE: Tooling Engineer

POSITION DUTIES:

Work closely with Sales and Engineering to understand part design requirements and identify the best technological solutions for molding — including mold design, machine specifications, cavitation, and cycle time. Contribute to part design decisions and specify general tool designs, components, and controls for new molds. Approve mold designs prior to the start of mold builds and lead design reviews with selected suppliers for awarded programs. Source and select qualified suppliers capable of building required molds and machinery, maintaining strong working relationships to solicit and organize a high volume of quotes. Provide supplier quote information to the quoting team to support accurate part and project pricing. Apply learnings from quoting and build activities to continuously improve the quoting process and maintain an up-to-date Approved Supplier List. Monitor new mold and machine builds, conduct vendor mold run-offs to verify quality, function, and performance to specification, and participate in Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Validation (IQ, OQ, PQ). Support Account Managers and Program Managers in technical subject matter execution. 20% domestic and international travel required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent or any combination of education and/or experience in Engineering Management or Mechanical Engineering
• Five (5) years of experience in the job offered or in a managerial position in the plastics industry
• Requires responsibility for determining overall project requirements, conducting first article testing of injection molds and systems, interpreting blueprints, determining system solutions and overseeing technical feasibility for components, supporting technology transfer, and planning and scheduling tool building, managing capital spending and capacity tooling. Requires injection molding experience including establishing process capability studies and validating manufacturing processes, installing and testing processes, coordinating mold trials, providing technical expertise for injection molding systems, performing manufacturing audits, investigating equipment failures and technical complaints, and delivering technical training on manufacturing processes. Requires experience implementing cost reduction initiatives in tooling, die cast, and injection molding areas. Requires experience in cost estimation including preparing estimates and quotations for parts, molds, systems, and supporting activities to reduce manufacturing and operational costs. Experience with tooling and manufacturing engineering is also required.
• 20% domestic and international travel required.

Jadex Inc and its Businesses do not discriminate in employment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.