Tooling Engineer: HDPE Blow Mold & Process Optimizer

RTCO; Piedmont (SC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

RTCO is seeking a Tooling Engineer / Mold Engineer in the United States to lead blow mold development, manage tooling suppliers, and qualify molds for mass production.

You will collaborate with process engineering and production teams to design, build, validate, and release molds, drive continuous improvement in cycle time and quality, ensure tooling documentation and change control, and support audits and compliance. This role requires global supplier coordination.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering preferred.
• 3+ years in plastic blow molding tooling, preferably extrusion blow molding.
• Strong understanding of blow mold design and tooling qualification.
• Experience with domestic and international mold suppliers.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and CAD models.
• Experience with mold trials, dimensional inspection, and root cause analysis.
• Strong problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Good communication and supplier management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage tooling development projects with mold suppliers from design to production release.
• Review mold designs for EBM tooling requirements including parting line and cooling.
• Support NPI activities: mold trials, sample evaluation, dimensional validation, customer approval.
• Coordinate mold acceptance: tooling inspection, CMM reviews, trial runs, verification.
• Troubleshoot mold-related issues during development and mass production.
• Manage tooling changes, repairs, and improvements throughout the mold life cycle.
• Work with Process Engineers to optimize mold performance and efficiency.
• Maintain mold documentation: specifications, drawings, history, change control.
• Support continuous improvement: tooling cost, quality, cycle time reduction.

Skills

EBM tooling

Tooling development

Supplier management

CAD interpretation

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering

Job description

RTCO is seeking a Tooling Engineer / Mold Engineer in the United States to lead blow mold development, manage tooling suppliers, and qualify molds for mass production.

You will collaborate with process engineering and production teams to design, build, validate, and release molds, drive continuous improvement in cycle time and quality, ensure tooling documentation and change control, and support audits and compliance. This role requires global supplier coordination.