Flex

Sr. Tooling Manager

Flex$146K — $201K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma required
  • 15 years of mold tool room or design experience
  • Proficient in CNC tool room machinery programming
  • Strong ability to read mold designs and make improvements
  • Skilled in problem analysis and practical solutions
  • Customer service aptitude with team leadership capabilities
  • Fluent in English, with knowledge of mold making and quality systems

Responsibilities

  • Manage new tooling projects from prototype to mass production
  • Oversee mold improvements, repairs, and Engineering Change Notices
  • Implement preventive maintenance for production molds
  • Develop and optimize manufacturing processes based on product requirements
  • Analyze tooling and processes to boost manufacturing efficiency
  • Implement quality and safety training for the tool room team
  • Generate and execute cost reduction initiatives

Benefits

  • Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life insurance coverage
  • Short-term and long-term disability benefits
  • Matching contributions to 401(k) plan
  • Vacation and paid sick time
  • Tuition reimbursement opportunities
Full Job Description
Job Summary

General Purpose:

Responsible for managing the Tool Room department and collaborate on projects with customers or internal colleagues, new tool and mold development, improvement of manufacturing processes, and maintenance of production molds. Assure product quality by implementing testing methods, equipment, and tools.

Principal Accountabilities:
  • Management of new tooling requisitions from prototype or complex designs through mass production.
  • Responsible for improvements, major repairs, and Engineering Change Notice to the molds.
  • Implementation of preventive maintenance for production molds.
  • Develop manufacturing processes by studying product requirements including but not limited to researching, designing, modifying, testing manufacturing methods and equipment.
  • Improve manufacturing efficiency by analyzing tooling and process.
  • Implementation of quality and safety improvements in training for tool room team.
  • Generation and implementation of cost reduction ideas.

Requirements:
  • High School Diploma
  • 15 years of experience in mold tool room or design activities
  • CNC tool room machinery programing
  • Ability to read mold design and improvements
  • Ability to apply common sense and to analyze and solve tooling problems
  • Ability to deal with customers and to lead a group.
  • Ability to speak and write in English. Mold Making, Quality systems, FAI, PPAP process, releasing process.
  • Demonstrates expert functional, technical and people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.
  • Demonstrates detailed expertise in very complex functional/technical area or broad breadth of knowledge in multiple areas.
  • Understands the strategic impact of the function across sites.

MF15

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:
  • Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-term and Long-term Disability
  • Matching 401(k) Contributions
  • Vacation and Paid Sick Time
  • Tuition Reimbursement


Application Deadline:

Applications for this job position will be accepted for at least five days following the job posting start date below and continuing until the end date below or until the position is filled. This posting may close sooner due to application volume.
Job Posting Start Date 09-09-2026 Job Posting End Date 11-09-2026
The base pay range for this position is provided below. The final base rate offered will be determined using job-related, non-discriminatory criteria, including but not limited to experience, qualifications, geographic location, education, external market data, and internal equity.
$146,700.00 USD - $201,700.00 USD Annual

Job Category
Production Engineering

Is Sponsorship Available?
No

About Flex

Flex Ltd. is an American Singaporean-domiciled multinational electronics contract manufacturer. It is the third largest global electronics manufacturing services (EMS), original design manufacturer (ODM) company by revenue, behind only Pegatron for what concerns original equipment manufacturers. Flex has manufacturing operations in over 30 countries, totaling approximately 200,000 employees.
Learn more about Flex
Size
172,648 employees
Market Cap
$9.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$421 million
Founded
2016
5 Year Trend
+1.8%
Revenue
$23.3 billion
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