Plastic Component & Tooling Engineer

Overview

Ensure the procurability and manufacturability of plastic components used in the assembly or fabricated process.

Design choices based on industrial and technological capabilities to meet customers and Schneider Electric requirements quality/delivery/cost).

Specialist in plastic components and associated tools: specifying, implementing and qualifying the tool & manufacturing process in compliance with SPS principles.

For new offers, ensure the manufacturability of the plastic component and tool.

For manufacturing, contributes strongly to the continuous improvement actions for the tool & manufacturing process.

Bring his/her technical expertise within the local industrialization team or local manufacturing Engineering team.

Select, validate, introduce, and standardize new technologies/processes locally in the plastic components domain.

What will you do?


* Define the needs of new tools (renewal, capacity, productivity, localization) each year and review quarterly


* Launch tools with technical and financial study then follow up according to the needs and schedule


* Continuously monitor the execution of projects


* Buy off tools, keep all related documents and establish a maintenance plan


* Follow tool condition and perform tooling appraisal periodically with follow-up actions


* Maintain & manage the tooling database via the Vendor Tooling Management system


* Support CS&Q, SCM, Production, Technical and Purchasing team for tooling aspects


* Provide technical support to the factories


* Ensure the robustness of our parts and tooling developed

Define the need for a new tool


* Get inputs from different teams to define the need of new tools (project, capacity, localization, PEP)


* Define the tools to be renewed (end of life)


* Estimate tool cost


* Initiate and propose budget (CAPEX)

Launch tools with technical and financial study


* Follow CTMP and complete Internal Quotation


* Complete IAR with proposal and recommendation


* Schedule tooling project and follow CTMP until qualification of tool

Buy off tools, keep all related documents and establish a maintenance plan


* Issue tooling contract and engage supplier (tool maker and tool processor) to sign tooling contract otherwise define actions and follow up until it is acceptable for all parties


* Establish a tool maintenance plan with a maintenance budget


* Tooling data maintenance in VTM

Follow tool conditions and perform tooling audits periodically


* Establish a tool audit plan and follow the plan


* Perform tooling audit and complete audit report with actions (if needed) to ensure tooling condition and avoid tool breakdown

Support Quality and Purchasing team for tooling aspects


* Support the CS&Q team when there is a component quality issue related to the tools

Who would be successful?


* Bachelor's degree in Tooling, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, or related field or ...