Mold Designer

Mold Designer – 1st Shift

Design the tools that shape the future. HW Staffing is partnering with a leading manufacturing client in Portland, CT to find a skilled mold designer to join their growing 1st shift team. If you're passionate about precision design, innovative tooling, and making a tangible impact in production, this is your opportunity.

Why You’ll Love This Role:

• Competitive Pay: Earn $45.00/hour for your technical expertise and experience.
• Day Shift Hours: Maintain work-life balance with a consistent 1st shift schedule.
• Innovative Projects: Design molds for high-performance rubber and polymer parts used in critical applications.
• Supportive Team: Collaborate closely with engineers, machinists, and production teams.
• Job Stability: Join a well-established company with a reputation for excellence and continued growth.

Your Role – What You’ll Be Doing:

As a mold designer, you’ll take product concepts from initial design to production-ready molds. Your work ensures product quality, manufacturing efficiency, and on-time delivery.

• Create detailed 2D and 3D mold designs using CAD software (SolidWorks, AutoCAD, or equivalent).
• Interpret product drawings and technical requirements to develop tooling that meets performance and cost targets.
• Design mold components including cores, cavities, runners, cooling systems, and ejector systems.
• Collaborate with engineering, tooling, and production teams to ensure design feasibility and manufacturability.
• Provide design input during product development and assist in design reviews.
• Make revisions and optimizations to existing tooling based on feedback, testing, or production data.
• Prepare complete technical documentation including part drawings, assembly drawings, and BOMs.

What You Bring to the Table:

• Experience: 3+ years of mold design experience, ideally in rubber, plastic, or polymer-based molding.
• CAD Proficiency: Skilled in 3D modeling and drafting using design software such as SolidWorks or AutoCAD.
• Technical Knowledge: Solid understanding of mold construction, tolerancing, parting lines, gates, venting, and cooling systems.
• Blueprint Reading: Strong ability to interpret engineering drawings and GD&T.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to troubleshoot design challenges and propose practical solutions.
• Teamwork & Communication: Effective collaboration skills and clear communication across departments.