Senior Injection Mold Tooling Leader — Hands-On Impact

Micron Products, Inc.; Fitchburg (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Relocation assistance

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Micron Solutions in Fitchburg, MA is seeking an Injection Mold Tooling Manager who will stay hands-on on the shop floor while providing technical leadership for tooling operations. You will troubleshoot, repair, and optimize molds, coordinate new builds, and ensure tooling reliability across presses from 55 to 300 tons.

The role emphasizes mold expertise over formal title, with relocation assistance, sign-on bonus, and opportunities to advance while remaining technically involved in tooling

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.

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.

Skills

Hands-on injection mold making

Mold tooling experience

Blueprint reading

GD&T

CNC machining

EDM

Mold maintenance

Leadership / mentoring

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

CNC machining

EDM

Milling

Grinding

Turning

Job description

Micron Solutions in Fitchburg, MA is seeking an Injection Mold Tooling Manager who will stay hands-on on the shop floor while providing technical leadership for tooling operations. You will troubleshoot, repair, and optimize molds, coordinate new builds, and ensure tooling reliability across presses from 55 to 300 tons.

The role emphasizes mold expertise over formal title, with relocation assistance, sign-on bonus, and opportunities to advance while remaining technically involved in tooling