Tooling Engineer

Westfall Technik is a global holding company which provides innovative plastics manufacturing solutions to the healthcare, consumer package goods and light industrial vertical markets. The site locations, operating within the Westfall Technik enterprise, are internationally aligned with unmatched global reach in the industry. Our proprietary Stacked Integration Model enables us to operate leveraging a high degree of specialization, extensive capacities in end-to-end design, production and assembly, and first-class references in high-end manufacturing.

ONE WESTFALL

Competitive advantages such as vertical integration, speed-to-market, and advanced manufacturing systems allow us to streamline our processes and be a complete solution provider positively impacting our customers' business. We are powered by experienced people with diversified capabilities and specialties. We pride ourselves in developing customized solutions with precision and care. So, while there is complexity to what we do; we simplify the process to deliver a customer experience that is enjoyable and easy; providing a single point of accountability.

ALL IN.

This simple phrase captures what Westfall Technik is all about. The statement embodies the company's commitment to total support, complete manufacturing capabilities and its bold approach. It is our internal rallying cry. It is our philosophy. Nothing half-hearted.

Team Members (and Customers) can be confident that this mantra drives the organization to be nimble, scalable, and comprehensive ----no matter how complex the customers' challenge.

We look forward to having an interesting conversation with you.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Title: Tooling Engineer

Position: Exempt

Location: Riverside, CA

Manager: No

Report to: Tooling Manager

Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am- 5:00pm

Compensation: $100,000 - $110,000 annually D.O.E

SUMMARY OF ROLE

The Tooling Engineer will coordinate the maintenance, repairs, spares and overall quality of tools for the assigned customer base. Works with customer base and internal Westfall-Technik Team Members to ensure tools produce quality products.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with management, production, and marketing staff to determine engineering feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and customer demand, for new and existing products.
• Provide technical customer support for new tooling and engineering changes to existing tools.
• Assists in scheduling the tooling department's workload.
• Establishes PM guidelines and directs repair activities for assigned customers.
• Communicates to customers on existing tooling status weekly if required.
• Place and manage outside tool repairs and engineering changes.
• Works with internal departments, Customer Service, Production, Quality, Program Management, Process Engineering, Tool Room, to maintain required tooling repairs.
• Determine appropriate costs and quote accordingly to customers for all non-Westfall-Technik-related repairs.
• Coordinates all repair activities.
• Manage and communicate tool condition to assigned customer base.
• Manage and communicate spare parts inventory to assigned customer base.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum 10 years' experience as a mold maker/engineer.
• Strong math skills are required. Must have the ability to calculate figures, simple trigonometry, and problems with shop math.
• Strong background in injection mold engineering, mechanical design, and mold manufacturing.
• The ability to resolve practical problems associated with injection molds, components, fixtures, and support equipment.
• Mold making or Engineering certificate preferred.
• The ability to analyze 2D and 3D mold designs with the use of Solidworks or eDesign.
• The ability to read blueprints.
• The ability to use Microsoft Office programs such as Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Must have excellent verbal and oral communication skills. Must have the ability to read, interpret, and develop documents, instructions, operation manuals, safety rules, etc.