Associate Tooling Engineer

Candidates should live within 50 miles of the Williamsport location

 

At West, we’re a dedicated team that is connected by a purpose to improve patient lives that has been at the center of our Company for more than a century. Our story began when Herman O. West solved the problem of supplying penicillin in mass quantities to the US Government during World War 2. Through our work to deliver thousands of life-saving and life-enhancing injectable medicines to millions of patients daily, West’s indelible mark on the healthcare industry has just begun. A name started our story. How will yours help write our future?  

 

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Job Summary

The Tooling Engineering Technician objective is to support the operations, tool room, and engineering departments to ensure plant meets company goals and objectives.  In this role, you will be part of a team that relies on effective teamwork and global collaboration in a fast pace and dynamic environment. This role is responsible to manage key customer requirements, including preventative maintenance tracking, validated and unvalidated spare components, and validations of customer molds.  Heavy communication directly with customer is required for this position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain and support existing tooling.
• Participate in new mold design reviews.
• Monitor preventative maintenance schedules.
• Work with the local Tooling Engineers participating in factory acceptance trials and site acceptance trials.
• Support Process Engineers and technicians during initial mold sampling, trials and validation runs to document, troubleshoot and resolve problems as they arise.
• Support operations to resolve problems and issues as related to mold design and function as assigned.
• Maintain mold drawing system and update mold designs for internal ECN’s.
• Support process improvements, cost reductions/savings, scrap reductions, etc. through the implementation of LEAN concepts.
• Other duties as assigned.

Additional Responsibilities

Education

• Education: Associate or Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline to include: mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, industrial, or plastics; or three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.    

Work Experience

• No min required 3-5 years of relevant work experience required
• Prior manufacturing experience in an industrial setting (pharmaceutical industry experience preferred) required
• Experience with using SolidWorks and AutoCAD required

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Must have excellent organizational interpersonal and problem-solving skills and be able to interface with employees in all levels of the organization
• Excellent computer skills required including all MS Office applications
• Effective personal time management skills
• Ability to quickly adapt to changes in a dynamic environment
• Must be able to negotiate and effectively resolve conflicts when required
• Must be able to speak English fluently
• Good understanding in machining and fabrication equipment and methods (e.g. milling, turning, grinding, eroding, etc.).
• Familiar with cGMP, ISO, and FDA standards.
• Familiar with AutoCAD, Finite Element Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and PDM Pro.
• Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description
• Able to comply with the company’s safety policy at all t