Mechanical Designer

At Greene, Tweed, you'll find the cutting-edge technology, world-class polymer expertise and endless advancement opportunities you'd expect from a multi-national industry leader. You'll find them all in an environment that embraces diversity in people and opinions, moves decision making to the point of impact, and celebrates your success.

If you enjoy continuous learning and are excited about working with and creating technological solutions, explore career opportunities with Greene, Tweed.

Job summary: The Tooling department is responsible for the design and manufacture of molds and fixtures as well as design iterations, as required. This position is a highly technical role primarily focusing on fixture design for various manufacturing areas/departments including but not limited to injection molding, plastics and elastomers. Providing manufacturing support to these areas to troubleshoot issues is another major job responsibility.

Specific Responsibility:

• Leads tooling projects giving tooling group guidance and direction to ensure alignment with project deliverables.
• Identify if existing fixturing can be used or if new fixturing is required and submit the request.
• Works independently on new or revised 3D designs of production or prototype fixturing.
• Troubleshoot production problems related to tooling and/or fixturing.
• Support Quality Notice (QN) investigations and provide tooling investigations when required.
• Work with internal and external tool shops on the manufacture of tools and fixtures. This includes assisting supply chain in the quoting of tool and fixture builds and submission of purchase requests. Maintaining communication with toolshops to provide updates to relevant team members.
• Technical lead tooling representative in DFM meetings to communicate any product design requirements or concerns that pertain to robust tool and/or fixture design and build.
• Works closely with internal toolshop in diagnosing tooling issues when needed.
• Create necessary job aides and work instructions to assist production areas and provide necessary training when required.
• Works on continuous improvement projects for tooling related to, but not limited to design, machining processes, cost savings ect…
• Utilizes, monitors and recommends improvements or changes to all systems for the production of Tool Designs required and ensures compliance with structured internal Quality Systems as measured by routine system audits. Properly utilize and maintain digital file storage system to protect and control the electronic data generated within Greene, Tweed Engineering function. Assist with the creation of and work within the work instructions and guidelines set forth for internal tool design standards.
• Provides mentoring and guidance for staff technical development.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Tooling Engineering Manager
  
  

Required Minimum Qualifications: 5 years mechanical design experience. Experience designing tooling and fixturing preferred

Education:

Essential Skills and Experience: Highly skilled/technical mechanical design and use of 3D CAD systems (Solidworks preferred). Experience working with plastics and/or elastomer products in a manufacturing role. Ability to use basic hand measurement tools (calipers, depth mics, indicator ect…). Ability to communicate clearly and work in a team environment.

Non-Essential Skills: Machine shop/toolshop exposure, Lean Six Sigma exposure, 3D Experience software exposure (3DX)

Note: This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the Supervisor. All requirements are subject to change and updates.

We also provide eligible employees with a competitive benefits package that includes health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 401k savings plan, life and disability insurance, tuition assistance and more, to meet the diverse needs of all employees and their family members.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Greene, Tweed is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other federally protected class.

Drug Free Workplace:

Greene, Tweed is a Drug Free Workplace. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment drug screening and background investigation subject to federal, state, and local laws.

NOTE: Greene, Tweed is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for employment opportunities, unless they have a written agreement for the position they are contacting us about. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at GT without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of Greene, Tweed, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Greene, Tweed as a result of the referral or through other means.