Tooling Engineer - Plastics Manufacturing - Base Salary to 100k/year - Hartford, CT

• Our client is an industry-leading plastics manufacturer. They are seeking a Tooling Engineer with a strong background in plastic injection molding. The Tooling Engineer will be responsible for evaluating new and current tools to enhance manufacturability, manage projects, and assist with pricing and quoting of customer projects.

Responsibilities:

• Managing custom customer projects and serving as their key point of contact
• Receiving and processing orders, verifying terms are agreeable with quotes, and ensuring all documents are completed
• Reviewing customer data files and/or blueprints for the purpose of submitting a bid or proposal to potential customers for tooling costs, plastic piece prices, and secondary operations
• Producing reliable estimates of costs to manufacture products and verifying the tooling provided by suppliers meets all requirements for efficient production
• Reviewing and approving all tool designs and design changes.
• Maintaining appropriate documentation files for all products, tooling, and related information
• Expediting orders, following up on behalf of the customer, and apprising the customer of order status
• Ensuring complete and accurate filing of customer history folders, pricing data, and related records/reports
• Partnering with manufacturing team to verify projects are set-up for production and all tooling is working effectively

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of prior experience in custom molding
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Plastics Engineering or a related discipline
• Knowledge of mold building, raw materials, equipment, and molding techniques
• Prior use of IQMS, SolidWorks/AutoCAD
• This person must understand design.

Compensation:

• Base salary to 100k/year, plus competitive commission structure.
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits package
• 401k retirement savings plan with employer match
• PTO and holiday time off