Tooling Engineer

Atalys, LLC; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO + 11 Paid Holidays

401(k) with company match

Bonuses & Shift Differentials

Medical, Dental, Vision

Short-Term & Long-Term disability

Group Term Life Insurance, and + life

Critical Illness, Accident Coverage

Employee Assistance Program

Quarterly Perfect Attendance Awards

Service Awards Program

Referral bonus program

Job summary

Atalys, LLC in Rochester, NY is seeking a Tool Engineer to lead tooling design for injection molding, ensuring cost, quality, and delivery targets.

You will collaborate with customers, plants, and suppliers, review tool concepts, supervise design reviews, and drive continuous improvement across programs. Travel up to 25% domestically is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five (5) years' engineering experience in injection molding plastics industry.
• Mold Building experience preferred.
• Proficient with Microsoft 365 suite.

Responsibilities

• Lead tooling design concept decisions with tool designers and cross-functional teams.
• Lead Design Review meetings to meet customer and plant requirements.
• Debug and groom tools to meet quality and manufacturing standards.
• Track and monitor tool performance for cost, quality, and delivery.
• Provide technical assistance to Tool Room personnel as required.
• Coordinate with Quality, Molding, Project Engineering, Tool Room, Shipping and Scheduling.
• Drive continuous improvement on tooling programs and corrective actions.
• Travel up to 25% domestically; some international travel.

Skills

Injection molding

Tooling design

CAD (SolidWorks)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

CAD

Microsoft 365

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: US NY Rochester - Rochester, NY 14606, Position Type: Full Time, Education Level: 4 Year Degree, Salary Range: $85,000.00 - $105,000.00 Salary/year, Job Shift: 1st Shift, Job Category: Engineering, Join Our Team - Where Your Work Matters and Your Well-Being Comes First

At Atalys, we believe that great work starts with great people - and great people deserve to be supported, valued, and rewarded. When you join our team, you're not just starting a job; you're building a career in an environment that celebrates your contributions and invests in your future.

We're proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to help you thrive both inside and outside of work:

• Generous PTO + 11 Paid Holidays
• 401(k) with company match
• Bonuses & Shift Differentials
• Paid Jury Duty, Bereavement Leave
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Short-Term & Long-Term disability
• Group Term Life Insurance, and Supplement life for employee, spouse and children
• Critical Illness, Accident Coverage and Hospital Indemnity
• Employee Assistance Program
• Quarterly Perfect Attendance Awards
• Service Awards Program
• Plus - a referral bonus program so you can bring your friends along for the ride!

Position Summary

The Tool Engineer is responsible for cost, quality, and delivery of managing/engineering the design, build and development of tooling related to the injection molding process. This position will interact with customers, manufacturing plants, internal shop, and suppliers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Part of a cross functional product development team with responsibility of being technical lead for tooling.
• Decide on tool design concept, with tool designers, and lead Design Review meetings with cross-functional teams to engineer a tool to meet customer and plant requirements.
• Debug and groom tools to meet quality and manufacturing standards
• Track and monitor the entire tool performance for cost, quality, and delivery against quoted assumptions.
• Provide general technical assistance to the Tool Room personnel as required.
• Liaison between internal departments including, but not limited to, Quality, Molding, Project Engineering, Tool Room, Shipping, and Scheduling.
• Responsible for continuous improvement tool related issues on respective program families
• Coordinates both corrective action and continuous improvement activities
• Supports day to day activities as needed on the production floor
• Must be able to use CAD to review tool designs. SolidWorks is preferable.
• Able to travel up to 25% domestic with some international travel each year

Regular attendance during scheduled work hours is an essential function of this position.

Strong teamwork, collaboration and interpersonal communication skills are required.

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work, duties and responsibilities expected of the incumbent. The incumbent may be asked to perform other duties as required. The job description may be changed if needed as determined by the Company.

Qualifications: Required Competencies, Skills and Experience

• Minimum of five (5) years' engineering experience in injection molding plastics industry
• Limited assembly automation experience
• Use of standard business software such as Microsoft 365
• Excellent organization, time management and communication skills
• Ability to accommodate a flexible schedule
• Must be able to demonstrate expertise in a variety of the field's concepts, practices and procedures
• Excellent troubleshooting, decision making skills, problem solving skills and analytical skills.
• Technologically proficient
• Strong, professional communication skills essential, both oral and written

Education and Job Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (Engineering Bachelor's Degree preferred) or equivalent work experience.
• Mold Building experience preferred.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

• Required to stand, walk, push, pull, reach overhead and bend to the floor
• Ability to travel by car or airplane as required
• Office and manufacturing plant

The work environment and physical demands detailed above are representative of those encountered while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time as needed.