TOOL DESIGNER - INJECTION MOULDING

BRISBANE

Salary circa $80k p.a.

Are you looking for a Tool Designer role in the Brisbane area? Are you trade-qualified with solid practical experience on the shop floor? I'm recruiting for a successful Australian manufacturing company who operate as a leading hardware designer and product to market specialist.

About the Company

My client transforms ideas and inventions into highly profitable products which are globally scalable. Internationally recognised winners of multiple product design awards, they have over 45 years of experience in the international design, commercialisation, manufacturing, and fulfilment business. From their advanced manufacturing facility in Brisbane, they service numerous industries, from mining to medical, baby products, automotive, building and DIY and agricultural and now export to more than 128 countries around the world.

The Role

In this Tool Designer role, you'll play a key role within the team, designing and manufacturing injection moulded components. You will be surrounded by industrial design, drafting, engineering, maintenance, and production professionals. Working closely with the Product Design & Development Manager, you will turn concepts into reality, using Solidworks and Solidworks Plastics to design and analyse a range of injection mould tools.

You will be able to

• advise on the design of parts to ensure efficient tool construction

• design and programme injection mould tooling for components that will run in excess of 1m units annually

• review part and tool drawings of peers

• keep up to speed with relevant emerging technology

• document relevant requirements and communicate them to your team

• liaise with specialised equipment vendors

Skills and experience

With relevant trade qualifications and at least two years' experience on the shop floor as a Tool Designer, you'll have:

• high proficiency in Solidworks and Solidworks Plastics/Moldflow

• experience in Product Data Management and Engineering Change Request processes

• experience in the design of collapsible cores, unscrewing tools, up and aways/lifters, engineering grade polymers, high speed tools and electrode design (ideally)

• the desire to deliver high-quality, practical outcomes, and be motivated by the challenges of a fast-paced, changing and high-energy environment

N.B. You must hold full working rights for Australia to be eligible for this role