Director of Tooling & Engineering

Director of Tooling & Engineering Rochester, NY ( Job Type Full-time Description RESPONSIBILITIES: + Working with Project Engineers, overall responsibility of the tooling, Engineering, and Project Management activities of the Company + Day to Day management of Project Engineers that lead the design, mold build, and qualification activities from first article to customer acceptance to approved production. + Overall project management tracking for new domestic and offshore mold builds, assuring accountability to costs and profit through tool approval. + Working with the Toolroom Manager, overall management responsibility for toolroom operations including performance to standards and profitability. + Integral part of RFQ Team to evaluate new opportunities, generate tooling quotations, and identify engineering design and moldability issues with potential new work + Able to perform and assist in Tool design reviews. + Able to run CAD software, preferably Solidworks. + Able to perform and analyze Mold Flows. + Familiarity with the many types of injection molding resins. + Recommend resins to customers suitable for their application. + Work with customers on new project opportunities and legacy parts. + Create DFMu2019s and analyze those provided by Tooling vendors and internal. + Working with Production and Process Engineering, facilitate process improvements to reduce cycle times, improve tools, improve quality and reduce production cost of existing and new parts + Responsible for providing leadership in achieving state-of- the -art technical capabilities in Injection Molding and Tooling. + Responsible to drive continuous improvement efforts and be a leader of existing and new lean teams and promote this through the Engineering and Tooling departments. + Must be able to multi-task and work successfully in a fast-paced environment, with strong attention to detail. Requirements QUALIFICATIONS: Education + BA or BS with a concentration in Engineering or Management, or equivalent experience Experience + Ideally 10+ years in plastic injection molding and tooling or manufacturing environments Skills + Ability to communicate with internal and external customers

Created: 2025-11-15