Rain Bird Corporation · 3 days ago
Senior Tooling Engineer
Tucson, AZ
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expRain Bird Corporation is seeking an experienced Senior Tooling Engineer to source complex plastic injection molds. The role involves procurement, quality improvement, and collaboration with various engineering teams to develop new irrigation products.
Consumer Goods
Responsibilities
Responsible for specification and successful procurement of injection mold tooling required for new product development parts and replacement molds
Identify, justify and implement quality improvement projects to improve the performance and consistency of injection molded components
Responsible for coordination of maintenance and repair of injection mold tooling for several high-volume product lines
Identify, justify, and implement cost reduction projects to reduce cost of injection molded components
Develop new tooling constructions technologies that take our company to the next level of performance by reducing cost and increasing quality
Manage tool design, fabrication, process development, and qualification at the supplier
Collaborate with Design Engineers, Process Engineers, and Quality Engineers to develop and improve product designs for robust injection molded components
Qualification
Required
BS Degree in an Engineering discipline
10+ years of hands-on experience involving specification, procurement, and qualification of molds for injection molded components
Proficient with the use of Design for Manufacturing, SPC, DOE and Six Sigma techniques
Service oriented, I'll-figure-it-out, action-oriented attitude
Working knowledge of plastic and elastomeric materials
Experience collaborating with supply management, product design, industrial design, and manufacturing groups on material selection, design feasibility and aesthetics of new plastic part & tooling designs
Proven track record of developing complex mold tooling for production of high quality, low-cost, high-volume components
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications (Work, Excel, Outlook, Project)
Ability to perform financial analysis and cost justifications
Well organized, enthusiastic, high energy, strong work ethic
Travel up to 25% of work schedule to Mexico, the US and China
Preferred
Proficient in the use of CAD (SolidWorks) and mold flow analysis
Experience with PVC processing & molds
Experience in managing complex development programs with overseas tooling vendors (Asia)
Supervisory experience
Willing to travel to the US, Mexico & China to support Rain Bird molds
Bilingual – English, Spanish, and /or Chinese
Company
Rain Bird Corporation
Rain Bird Corporation, based in Azusa, California is the world's leading manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Nickolas Kaleyias
Chief Financial Officer
Yoshiya Watanabe, CSCP
DC Operations Manager
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