West Pharma Sr Tooling Engineer Global 

United States, Arizona, Tempe 

428457802

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Senior Manager for Global Tooling, the Senior Tooling Engineer will liaise with customers and suppliers in the support of tooling development, refurbishment and replacement for new and existing global programs within contract manufacturing. Responsibilities will include participation in vendor selection, conceptual design, selection of hot runner system, project management of tool fabrication and implementation into manufacturing. The Senior Tooling Engineer will demonstrate excellent attention to detail and manage their time efficiently.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the project management of various highly skilled technical resources in providing tool design and manufacturing support to existing projects within operations.
• Successful management and delivery of tooling projects to agreed time scale and budget.

• Assist with the harmonization and implementation of Tooling Engineering standards and procedures across the CM Device Manufacturing Network based on current regulations, industry standards and industry practices permitting agility to meet the future needs of the business.

• Ensure suppliers meet customer and West tooling needs.
• Manage the successful handover of new validated tooling into production by liaising with customers, suppliers and internal West teams.

• Compile and deliver reports from critical tooling information gathered.
• Establish strong relationships with customers and suppliers in pursuit of continuous tooling improvements and on-going business development.
• Identify and implement continuous tooling improvements for future/repeat moulds.
• Manage the control of tool documentation, drawing and file management.
• Report/escalate all issues to Senior Manager, Global Tooling.
• Develop, review and revise tooling validation documentation.
• Attend internal meetings to establish priorities

• When required, support investigations and root cause analyses of major tooling issues.

• Liaise with external suppliers on the repair/replacement of tooling components and equipment

• Research and implement improvements to processes and procedures
• Work autonomously within established procedures and practices

• Comply to West Environmental, Health and Safety requirements, training and regulations
• Comply to all West company policies, procedures and corporate policies
• Act in accordance with West’s Guiding Principles and adheres to the Corporate Code of Conduct
• Perform additional duties at the request of the Senior Manager

Basic Qualifications:

• Engineering degree in Tool Design or related field preferably with practical experience working with injection moulds.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in the design, manufacture and project management of multi-cavity injection moulds.
• Extensive practical experience in Computer Aided Design
• Advanced and specialized tooling expertise, typically developed through a combination of job-related training and considerable on-the-job experience
• Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Design Of Experiments (DOE) within the Medtech industry
• Practical working knowledge and understanding of X Ray Computed Tomography (CT scanning) and 3D surface analysis using this technology

• Ability to work under pressure
• Must be able to organize and prioritise tasks for self
• Ability to build strong business relationships with all stakeholders

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Understand all relevant standard operating procedures as per Company policy as related to this position
• Toolmaking qualification ideally with time served producing injection moulds.

• Project management qualification i.e. PMP or equivalent
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to accurately document work performed

• Knowledge of tooling servos, hydraulics, pneumatics and electrics
• Proficient IT skills, specifically Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Outlook)

Travel Requirements:

• Must be available to travel to external toolmakers to assist in the design, development and testing of new tooling up to 25% of the time.

Physical and Mental Requirements:

• Physical requirements.
  • Sedentary - exerting up to 10lbs/4kgs of force occasionally, and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to life, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.
• Mental requirements.
  • Ability to reason logically and make sound decisions, to consider alternative and diverse perspectives and to communicate effectively both orally and in writing,
  • Ability to simultaneously address multiple complex problems.
  • Ability to work as an integral part of a team.
  • Ability to understand, remember and follow verbal and written instructions.
  • Ability to complete assigned tasks without direct supervision.