Senior Plastics Tooling Engineer | Global Supplier Development

Espy LLC; Cypress (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(K) Plan with Company Contributions

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Job summary

OK International, a global manufacturer of electronic benchtop tools and precision dispensing solutions, is seeking a Senior Plastics Project Engineer. You will drive supplier development, tool life-cycle management, and risk mitigation for critical injection-molded components, leading complex tool-qualification projects from concept to production.

You will establish governance standards, optimize tooling portfolios, and guide cross-functional teams and external partners to ensure supply chain

Qualifications

• 5+ years of injection molding tooling experience in a lean manufacturing environment.
• Experience in qualifying tooling during molding processes.
• Experience working with multi-cavity hot runner/cold runner tooling on 100-400 ton machines.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a 3-year plastics tooling roadmap to ensure long-term global supply chain resilience and modernization.
• Formulate CapEx justifications with ROI models to secure senior management approvals for tooling investments.
• Drive multi-year cost-saving initiatives and standardize processes across the global supplier network.
• Lead end-to-end tooling transfers and deployments across sites.
• Direct qualification lifecycle for strategic new suppliers and advanced materials for NPI pipelines.
• Design and implement unified supplier governance and quality alignment between partners and internal systems.
• Establish and scale strategic partnerships with global injection mold suppliers to embed lean manufacturing and continuous improvement.
• Oversee supplier risk mitigation with root-cause analyses and corrective action frameworks for Tier-1 tooling issues.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Strategic leadership

CapEx management

Cost optimization

Project management

Supplier development

Quality systems

Education

BA/BS in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical or Industrial Engineering

Job description

OK International, a global manufacturer of electronic benchtop tools and precision dispensing solutions, is seeking a Senior Plastics Project Engineer. You will drive supplier development, tool life-cycle management, and risk mitigation for critical injection-molded components, leading complex tool-qualification projects from concept to production.

You will establish governance standards, optimize tooling portfolios, and guide cross-functional teams and external partners to ensure supply chain