Tooling - Trims
Mahindra Group · Posted Oct 8
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About the role
The role sits within Mahindra's tooling function for trims, focused on developing right-quality plastic tooling and plastic parts. It covers injection molds, mold design and manufacturing, tool steels, textures, and plastics processing, working with design, engineering, SSU, CDMM, tier-one suppliers, and toolmakers. The position manages a tooling team and oversees mold feasibility, design and mold-flow reviews, costing and negotiation, trials, texturing, and production handover.
What you will do
- To Develop Right Quality Plastics Tooling and Plastic Parts.
- To Manage a Team of 10 People (now 5 -6) in executing the Role defined.
- Should be able to get the work done and give directions/decisions to Team whenever required.
- To be competent to work with Design, Engineering, SSU, CDMM, Tier one and Toolmakers.
- To be able to select Tool rooms to enable create a Basket with Whom M and M can work.
- To do Mold Manufacturing Feasibility of all Plastic parts in scope.
- To Work on Injection Molds should be costing to give target Prices to SSU/CDMM.
- Should be able to Negotiate Mold Prices with Tier one/Toolmaker and support SSU on the same when required.
- Should have knowledge on Plastic Parts, Engineering, Mold Design, and Mold manufacturing Processes, Mold Making and Plastics Processing.
- To Make Mold specification sheets for all plastic parts.
- Should be able to decide Tool steels in Mold making, Cycle times for all the parts in scope.
- To do Tool Design review, Mold Flow review
- Should be capable of doing Trouble shooting related to Tool, part design and Process.
- To Attend Mold Trials Before Texturing and ensure Mold and Part Qualify the Final Product requirements.
- To Assess if any Part Design changes are required for improving Part and Tool Quality.
- To be able to do Texture mapping on Parts.
- To fix Texture related issues in Tools and parts.
- To Support CDMM, CMF, Engineering and Design teams for Part Approval.
- To Support Tier one (part supplier) and Toolmaker on Technical, commercial issues.
- To Add Value in part design, vehicle fitment.
- To Buy off Tools with Mold Inspection and to put them in Production after Texturing.
- To support Tier one in Mold and Process installation as required.
- To support in deciding Part Inspection methods only if support asked.
- To ensure Tool and Part Qualifies functionally and Dimensionally.
- To give Tooling Budget when asked for apart from estimations given
- To train the Tooling Team and Others as and when required.
- To ensure Preventive maintenance of Tools
- To do Health check-up of Tools in Production
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Knowledge of Injection Molds, Plastics, Mold design, manufacturing processes, Steels , Textures
- Knowledge on Commercials
- Negotiation Skills
- Good manager
- People management
- Use basic 3 D softwares like 3 D tool
- Minimum 20 Years
- BE with or Post Diploma specialized in Plastics Mould Design or Manufacturing
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Mahindra Group
The Mahindra Group is a multinational conglomerate federation of companies with a presence across more than 20 industries globally. The group holds leadership positions in utility vehicles, farm equipment, information technology, and financial services. Driven by its core purpose to enable people to Rise, Mahindra operates across over 100 countries.
- Industry
- Conglomerate
- Company size
- 327000+ employees
- Founded
- 1945-10-02
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman
Group CEO & Managing Director
Group Chief Financial Officer
Group Chief Technology Officer
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