Senior Injection Mold Tooling Lead — Hands-On on the Floor

Paycom - ATS; Fitchburg (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Relocation assistance

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Micron Solutions in Fitchburg, MA is seeking an experienced Injection Mold Tooling Manager who combines hands-on mold making with technical leadership. The role stays on the shop floor, guiding tooling repairs, builds, and process improvements.

You will oversee tool room activities for 55-300 ton presses, mentor Mold Makers, coordinate outside tool shops, and drive reliability and quality in medical device manufacturing.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on injection mold making or injection mold tooling experience.
• Extensive experience building, repairing, maintaining, modifying, fitting, assembling, and troubleshooting injection molds.
• Strong knowledge of mold construction, components, shutoffs, parting lines, fitting, cooling, venting, ejection systems, and preventive maintenance.
• Ability to independently diagnose mold-related performance and part-quality issues.
• Strong blueprint reading and GD&T knowledge.
• Hands-on knowledge of mold-making processes, including CNC machining, EDM, milling, grinding, and turning.
• Ability and willingness to remain hands-on with tooling and troubleshooting on the manufacturing floor.
• Strong technical problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.
• Hot runner systems and complex injection mold tooling.
• Commercial and engineering-grade thermoplastic resins.
• New mold builds and coordination with outside tool shops.
• Mold trials, validation, qualification, and new product introduction.
• Tool & Die, Mold Making, Journeyman, or Apprenticeship certification.
• Experience mentoring or providing technical direction to other Mold Makers.
• Medical device or regulated manufacturing experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical expert for injection mold tooling, troubleshooting, repair, maintenance, and modification.
• Diagnose complex mold-related production and part-quality issues and drive them to resolution.
• Remain hands-on with mold repair, fitting, assembly, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Coordinate new mold builds, repairs, preventive maintenance, engineering changes, and outside tooling work.
• Review mold designs and provide practical mold-making and DFM input.
• Support mold trials, qualification, validation, and production release.
• Identify root causes of tooling failures, scrap, and downtime and implement improvements.
• Drive improvements in mold reliability, performance, and tool life.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to Mold Makers and Tool Room personnel.
• Partner with Process Technicians, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, and Production to resolve tooling challenges.
• Prioritize Tool Room projects and ensure critical production tooling needs are addressed.

Skills

10+ years experience

Mold making & tooling

Troubleshooting

Mold design review

DFM input

GD&T

CNC machining

EDM

Milling

Turning

Hot runner systems

Mentorship

Regulated manufacturing

Education

Tool & Die / Mold Making / Journeyman certification

Job description

Micron Solutions in Fitchburg, MA is seeking an experienced Injection Mold Tooling Manager who combines hands-on mold making with technical leadership. The role stays on the shop floor, guiding tooling repairs, builds, and process improvements.

You will oversee tool room activities for 55-300 ton presses, mentor Mold Makers, coordinate outside tool shops, and drive reliability and quality in medical device manufacturing.