Asst. Tooling Maintenance Mgr

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Job Summary

What a typical day looks like:

• Overall management and supervision of the daily work of the injection tooling department to ensure the safe and effective operation of the department.
• Ensure all tools receive normal preventive maintenance to minimize down time.
• Quote tooling for new NPI projects or duplicate tools of existing projects.
• Review the DFM and provide comment and suggestion on the tooling point of view.
• Review and approve the tooling design before steel cutting.
• Responsible for technical guidance and problem solutions of new tooling.
• Supervise of all tooling manufacturing machines, CNC, EDM, W-cut, Lathe and so on.
• Supervise, train, and lead the tool room staff to produce quality molded products in a safe and productive manner.
• Monitor the tooling manufacturing process quality as well as the workmanship on the assembly.
• Track progress on tooling repairs and modifications. Work with Engineering, Production, customers, and vendors to expedite in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Support on the tooling buyoff activity at tool maker side with the team.
• Support on the tool qualification process.
• Support to solve tooling related problem in mass production.
• Lead all tooling analysis and communicate to production manager how to improve quality, cycle time and cavitation.

The experience we're looking to add to our team:

• Degrees in engineering (Mechanical, Materials Science, Plastics, etc.)
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in plastic tooling, Five (5) years or more management experience.
• Basic English skills and ability to communicate with overseas customers.
• Must have experience in tooling design, fabrication, development, testing, and validation.
• Injection molding processing and tooling setup and repair experience are required.
• Strong knowledge of tooling, especially in high cavitation, high precision tooling.
• Rich experience on Tooling URS, DFM and pFMEA.
• Proficient in UG/AutoCAD/Pro-E/Mold-Flow software and basic office software.
• Experience of medical injection mold manufacturing techniques and validation processes (DQ, IQ, OQ, PQ) is preferred.
• Experience with Injection molding machinery related automation processes is preferred.

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Social Insurance
• Housing funding
• PTO

Job Category
Production Engineering

Required Skills:

Optional Skills:

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Client-provided location(s): Shenzhen, China

Job ID: Flex-WD205380

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-07-29T00:40:01