Mold Maker Leader

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Mold Maker Leader located in Reynosa, Tamps.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Tooling Engineer’s role involves:

What a typical day looks like:

• Plan, coordinate, and supervise preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities for injection molds to ensure mold availability and reliability.

• Lead and support Toolmakers in troubleshooting, repair, adjustment, and maintenance activities while ensuring work is performed according to established procedures and safety requirements.

• Develop, maintain, and monitor preventive and predictive maintenance programs, including maintenance schedules, tracking systems, and mold history records.

• Manage mold repair priorities and resources to minimize production downtime and support manufacturing requirements.

• Support new mold launches, transferred tools, engineering changes, and validation activities, ensuring molds meet production and quality requirements.

• Analyze mold failures and recurring issues, lead root cause investigations, and implement corrective and preventive actions to improve mold performance and reliability.

• Recommend and implement mold improvements to increase tool life, improve product quality, reduce maintenance costs, and enhance process performance.

• Manage mold spare parts inventory, establish critical spare requirements, and ensure availability of components necessary to support production.

• Maintain technical documentation, including maintenance records, mold histories, repair reports, PM checklists, and engineering changes.

• Coordinate activities with Production, Process Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, suppliers, and external tooling vendors to support business objectives and customer requirements.

• Monitor tooling-related KPIs, including mold downtime, PM compliance, mold reliability, repair costs, and project completion status; prepare management reports as required.

• Promote compliance with Safety, Environmental, Quality, IATF 16949, and company policies, while maintaining a clean, organized, and efficient tooling department.

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

• Intermediate English.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgy, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Fluent English communication skills (written and verbal).

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.

• Experience in injection molding tooling, mold maintenance, or tooling operations, preferably within the automotive industry.

• Experience leading technical personnel and coordinating tooling maintenance activities.

• Experience in preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs for injection molds.

• Experience supporting mold transfers, new tool launches, engineering changes, and validation activities.

• Experience in troubleshooting mold-related injection issues and implementing corrective actions.

• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, including production, quality, engineering, maintenance, and management.

• Ability to communicate technical issues and project status clearly to internal and external stakeholders.

• Strong report writing, presentation, and organizational skills.

• Ability to lead, coach, and develop Toolmakers and technical personnel.

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

• Pantry vouchers

• Saving Fund

• Christmas bonus

• Holiday bonus

• Medical Insurance

• Life Insurance

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Job Category

Production Engineering

Required Skills:

Optional Skills:

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