Tooling Engineer

LAVELLE INDUSTRIES INC.; Whitewater (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

401k match

Profit-sharing

Paid holidays

Vacation time

On-site health clinic

Growth opportunities

Job summary

The role involves mold design oversight, vendor management, and project leadership to deliver robust tooling, improved quality, on-time parts, and cost reductions.

Collaborate across operations, quality, industrial, manufacturing and engineering to resolve molding problems and drive process improvements.

Qualifications

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree; or extensive related work experience.
• 5+ years’ experience in plastic injection tooling (design, development, maintenance).
• Experience developing and managing engineering staff in a cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

• Owns tooling procurement and repairs to meet on-time shipping goals.
• Leads preventative maintenance plans for tools.
• Supports all plastic tooling related functions.
• Collaborates with operations, quality, and engineering to implement tooling processes.
• Resolves production issues from tooling perspective.
• Understands all phases of mold development.
• Interfaces with tooling vendors to install new tools.
• Ensures ISO and Lean Manufacturing compliance.
• Responds to design issues with effective countermeasures.
• Supports cross-functional sales, engineering, and manufacturing teams.
• Researches and implements new tooling technology to meet objectives.
• Completes tool condition reports at specified intervals.

Skills

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Process improvement

Mold design

Quality and lean awareness

Education

Associate's or Bachelor's degree

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Description

Join our team! Lavelle Industries, a leading rubber and plastics manufacturer, is seeking a Tooling Engineer to join the team. The Tooling Engineer will be responsible for managing all aspects of Lavelle’s plastic tooling, including mold design, development, vendor management, and project management. This position will support all of Lavelle’s facilities and will primarily work out of the Whitewater & Burlington locations. The ideal candidate has experience working cross-functionally with other engineering disciplines to resolve molding problems and to implement process improvements.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Owns the timely procurement of tooling purchases and repairs in a manner that meets the company’s objective to ship good parts on time and keep improving
• Assume lead in furthering the preventative maintenance plans for individual tools
• Support all plastic tooling related functions within Lavelle.
• Work with operations, quality, industrial/manufacturing/engineering to implement new production processes from a tooling perspective
• Work with operations, quality, industrial/manufacturing/engineering to resolve current production issues
• Understand all phases of mold development
• Interface with internal and external tooling vendors to implement and install new tools
• Ensure compliance of ISO and Lean Manufacturing
• Respond decisively to design issues, whether internally or externally identified, and implement appropriate and effective countermeasures
• Support a dynamic and cross functional sales, engineering, and manufacturing team
• Research, analyze, recommend, and implement new technology to achieve corporate objectives
• Complete tool condition report for key tools at specified intervals

REQUIREMENTS

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications for this position:

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree; or extensive related work experience
• 5+ years’ experience in plastic injection tooling (design, development, maintenance).
• Collaborative vendor management
• Experience developing and managing engineering staff in a cross-functional environment.
• Experienced with 3D modeling, preferably using Solidworks is a plus.
• Proven project driven results, focused on process improvement resulting in improved quality, delivery, and cost.
• Experience managing a high-performance team
• Experience with rubber mold design is a plus

EMPLOYEE PERKS

• Over 100-year-old, thriving, woman-owned and family-owned business in a very stable industry and US manufacturer
• Competitive benefits package, 401k match and bonus profit-sharing, paid holidays and vacation time off.
• Free on-site health clinic that offers in-person and virtual appointments
• Feedback-oriented culture with strong focus on growth: Annual employee professional development process, Korky University training classes, weekly mentoring sessions, and defined path for career advancement

If you’re looking for an opportunity to make an impact in a thriving company that values innovation, quality, customer satisfaction, and career growth, we’d love to hear from you!