About Us:

US Conec is a global leader in the design, development, and manufacturing of high-density fiber optic connector solutions. With over 30 years of expertise in precision engineering, injection molding, and plastics manufacturing, we continue to drive innovation and redefine the optical interconnect industry. 

US Conec is a stable and growing organization with locations in Hickory, NC and Fort Worth, TX. What sets us apart from other employers? Our core values and company culture. We offer a collaborative team environment, a customer and employee centric work culture, and outstanding benefits that include a minimum of 4 weeks of PTO for all team members. 

About the job:

As a Tooling Specialist, you will complete maintenance, change over and occasional repairs to injection molding tools.

What you will do:

• Perform injection mold preventative maintenance and insert changes in support of production with diligence and accuracy.

• Maintain accurate log of preventative maintenance and insert changes.

• Identify tooling deficiencies during preventative maintenance and notify Tooling Lead.

• Participate in root-cause analysis of tooling breakage and/or damage to assess corrective actions.

• Ensure a clean, organized, and safe work environment always.

• Lead creation, organization, and maintenance of TPI’s, including work instructions, photo- documentation, historical logging, and revision control.

• Participate and lead tool room organization, including mold spare components, standard components (fasteners, pins, buy-outs).

• Identify and elevate tool, equipment, and other infrastructure needs to the Tooling Lead.

• Provide support to production operations (Molding, Special Ops, Production) as needed or directed by supervisor.

What we'd like you to have:

• High school education/GED required

• 2-10 years of related experience in tooling/manufacturing environment.

• Experience with injection mold maintenance and repairs.

• Solid understanding of the injection molding process.

• Strong attention to detail and willing to listen and discuss in an open, positive manner.

• Excellent interpersonal relations and communication skills.

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with limited direct supervision.

• Ability to work with quickly changing priorities and short deadlines.

• Ability to successfully communicate with internal and external customers.

• Provide exceptional support to internal customers (Molding, Production, Special Ops).