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Position:                     Senior Mold Designer
Reports to:                 Director of Operations
Date required:            Immediately
Compensation:           According to skills and experience
Relocation:                 Negotiable

Position Description

A Senior Designer at Marland Mold, Inc. creates mold concepts, assembly drawings, and detail designs; coordinates projects; checks all drawings before release; and provides information to manufacturing.

Position Responsibilities

Job Preparation

  • Create concept layouts to support sales proposals for manufacture
  • Provide alternative methods of mold design

Job Design

  • Prepare detailed functional mold designs
  • Model or modify customer product for use in Marland’s design software
  • Communicate all design requirements to Team Leader
  • Prepare and attend Concept Design review with Customer
  • Participate in manufacturing Pre-Job meetings
  • Communicate status of tasks to Director of Operations
  • Document designs as per customer design requirements
  • Issue mold materials requisitions to Purchasing
  • Determine and document certified dimension drawing requirements
  • Select materials for mold components
  • Select hardness and finishes for mold components
  • Create hot runner manifold interface drawings and issue requisition

Production Involvement

  • Support the manufacture of all mold components
  • Provide written or verbal directions for assembly of mold to Team Leader

Mold Tests

  • Support internal sample testing of molds and on location when necessary

Job Follow-up

  • Update Job data bases
  • Review Job feedback notes from Team Leaders

 

Education Requirements

Mechanical Engineering Degree from an accredited university or the equivalent to 15 years minimum of mold design experience working for a Class A mold maker.

Skills Required

Proficiency in Pro-E is a must. Knowledge of Unigraphics, Solid Works and AutoCad a plus. The ideal candidate must possess extensive experience designing high precision injection molds for beverage closures, thin wall packaging, dispensing and flip top closures.

Compensation

  • A competitive base salary
  • Time and a half overtime
  • Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)
  • Generous 401K.

About Marland Mold, Inc.

Marland Mold, Inc. is a leading provider of injection and compression molds and technology for the closure and packaging industry.  Our solutions combine high reliability and productivity to the beverage, food, cosmetics, household, chemical, and medical sectors.  Covering 28 countries, Marland Mold, Inc., has helped many companies worldwide to improve their business performance through faster cycle times and better project implementation. Marland builds class A molds from its state-of-the-art facility located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. For a complete outlook visit us at www.marlandmold.com.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Brian Flynn
Managing Director of Operations
Bflynn@marlandmold.com
(413) 443-4481