Senior Plastics Tooling & NPI Project Lead

Dover Corp; Cypress (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Dover Corp. is seeking a Senior Plastics Project Engineer to drive long-term supplier development, tool life-cycle management, and risk mitigation for critical plastic injection molded components.

This role leads complex tool-qualification projects from concept to production, aligning supplier capabilities with organizational growth and cost-saving initiatives. By establishing governance standards and optimizing tooling portfolios, the engineer guides cross-functional teams and external partners

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in injection molding process, tooling development, project management and cost savings strategies in a lean manufacturing environment.
• Direct involvement in qualifying tooling during the molding processes.
• Experience working with multi-cavity hot runner/cold runner tooling operating in 100 - 400 ton plastic injection molding machines.

Responsibilities

• Architect multi-year strategies: Define and execute a 3-year plastics tooling roadmap for long-term resilience and optimization.
• Lead CapEx lifecycle: Build ROI models and business cases for tooling investments to win approvals.
• Drive cost optimization: Manage strategic cost-saving initiatives and standardize processes across global supplier network.
• Orchestrate tooling transfers: Lead end-to-end transfers and deployments across plants.
• Govern NPI pipelines: Direct qualification lifecycles for new suppliers and materials.
• Standardize supplier governance: Design unified inspection frameworks and quality alignment.
• Cultivate strategic partnerships: Build alliances with global injection molding suppliers for lean manufacturing.
• Enforce ecosystem quality: Oversee risk mitigation and root-cause analyses for tooling issues.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

BA/BS in Mechanical/Chemical/Industrial Engineering

Job description

Dover Corp. is seeking a Senior Plastics Project Engineer to drive long-term supplier development, tool life-cycle management, and risk mitigation for critical plastic injection molded components.

This role leads complex tool-qualification projects from concept to production, aligning supplier capabilities with organizational growth and cost-saving initiatives. By establishing governance standards and optimizing tooling portfolios, the engineer guides cross-functional teams and external partners