About the role
Mitchell Plastics is an award-winning and growing Company. Our key strength is that we offer our world-wide Automotive customers a single source alternative for all of their interior automotive plastic part needs.
As an Employer, we offer an exciting opportunity for you to be part of our growing "Best In Class" Team in the automotive industry today. We believe that our people are what makes us great and strive to offer our employees opportunities for advancement. Come join our Team, and learn first-hand how you can contribute to our “Innovation Inside”!
Our Corporate Office is looking to grow with the addition of another Tooling Engineer, reporting into the Corporate Tooling Manager. The Tooling Engineer is a key player in ensuring an efficient, innovative, robust and cost-effective approach is used in all of our new tool development. This position will be based out of our Technical Centre in Kitchener and requires International travel to all of our facilities within Canada, the United States and Mexico to support business needs.
The Role
- Manage tool builds to ensure craftsmanship and delivery requirements are met.
- Review and approve all tool designs prior to tool build.
- Evaluate and recommend tooling sources.
- Maintain and continuously refine company tooling standards.
- Support Engineering and Design activity from a tooling perspective including early feasibility reviews.
- Develop costing standards for quoting tools for new business.
- Obtain/develop tooling quotes to support new business activity.
- Continuously seek opportunities to reduce costs, improve quality and reduce delivery times for tooling
- Approve and sign off tools once they have been completed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Skills
- Certified Mould Maker or equivalent education & hands-on experience
- Must have solid working knowledge of the requirements of tool actions required for the manufacturing of parts (experienced with injection mold designs/build concepts, proficient interpretation/analysis of Mold Flow Reports, developing and reviewing feasibility reports for injection mold design and optimal part design concepts, sound knowledge of metallurgy and mold textures/application processes)
- Exceptional inter-personal and communication skills, both internally & externally, verbally & digitally
- Experience with quoting new tooling from both North American and offshore suppliers
- Proficient experience with MS Office including Power Point, Word & Excel
- Experience with CAD modelling and analysis an asset
- Analytical problem solving & decision-making abilities
- Must be a self-directed person that is also capable of working within a team environment
Team Members interested in applying must complete their application in
Dayforce Careers by: 11 PM on Tuesday, May 19th, 2026
We thank all candidates for their interest, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted. Mitchell Plastics and Ultra Manufacturing are committed to providing a barrier-free workplace. If accommodation is required during the selection or interview process, it will be available upon request. This job posting is available in an accessible format upon request. #joinmitchellplastics
Please note that we use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in our candidate screening and recruitment process.
Not the right fit? Search for Corporate Tooling jobs in Kitchener, ON
About Mitchell Plastics
Mitchell Plastics is a leading tier one supplier of automotive interior mechanisms and decorative components. As a full service supplier we provide our customers with concept, design, and development services as well as full product testing and validation. Our broad array of in house manufacturing capabilities allows Mitchell Plastics to provide unparalleled vertical integration so that we can provide our customers best in class product cost and quality. The passion for product and process innovation is part of our culture. Every one of our 2200 team members is part of this process. It is this passion that keeps our team engaged to exceed our customers’ expectations.
Corporate History 1997 – Started as Ultra Manufacturing Ltd. in Waterloo Ontario manufacturing injection molded components 1998 – A/C outlet manufacturing and painting 2001 – Corporate amalgamation with Mitchell Plastics 2002 – Troy Sales Office 2004 – Hydrographic decorating operation 2005 – Huntsville Alabama manufacturing operation 2006 – Moved Waterloo operation to larger manufacturing facility 2007 – Japan Sales Office 2011 – China Engineering Office 2013 – Charlestown Indiana operation. 2014 – Queretaro Mexico operation. Added UltraWrap process.
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About the role
Mitchell Plastics is an award-winning and growing Company. Our key strength is that we offer our world-wide Automotive customers a single source alternative for all of their interior automotive plastic part needs.
As an Employer, we offer an exciting opportunity for you to be part of our growing "Best In Class" Team in the automotive industry today. We believe that our people are what makes us great and strive to offer our employees opportunities for advancement. Come join our Team, and learn first-hand how you can contribute to our “Innovation Inside”!
Our Corporate Office is looking to grow with the addition of another Tooling Engineer, reporting into the Corporate Tooling Manager. The Tooling Engineer is a key player in ensuring an efficient, innovative, robust and cost-effective approach is used in all of our new tool development. This position will be based out of our Technical Centre in Kitchener and requires International travel to all of our facilities within Canada, the United States and Mexico to support business needs.
The Role
- Manage tool builds to ensure craftsmanship and delivery requirements are met.
- Review and approve all tool designs prior to tool build.
- Evaluate and recommend tooling sources.
- Maintain and continuously refine company tooling standards.
- Support Engineering and Design activity from a tooling perspective including early feasibility reviews.
- Develop costing standards for quoting tools for new business.
- Obtain/develop tooling quotes to support new business activity.
- Continuously seek opportunities to reduce costs, improve quality and reduce delivery times for tooling
- Approve and sign off tools once they have been completed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Skills
- Certified Mould Maker or equivalent education & hands-on experience
- Must have solid working knowledge of the requirements of tool actions required for the manufacturing of parts (experienced with injection mold designs/build concepts, proficient interpretation/analysis of Mold Flow Reports, developing and reviewing feasibility reports for injection mold design and optimal part design concepts, sound knowledge of metallurgy and mold textures/application processes)
- Exceptional inter-personal and communication skills, both internally & externally, verbally & digitally
- Experience with quoting new tooling from both North American and offshore suppliers
- Proficient experience with MS Office including Power Point, Word & Excel
- Experience with CAD modelling and analysis an asset
- Analytical problem solving & decision-making abilities
- Must be a self-directed person that is also capable of working within a team environment
Team Members interested in applying must complete their application in
Dayforce Careers by: 11 PM on Tuesday, May 19th, 2026
We thank all candidates for their interest, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted. Mitchell Plastics and Ultra Manufacturing are committed to providing a barrier-free workplace. If accommodation is required during the selection or interview process, it will be available upon request. This job posting is available in an accessible format upon request. #joinmitchellplastics
Please note that we use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in our candidate screening and recruitment process.
Not the right fit? Search for Corporate Tooling jobs in Kitchener, ON
About Mitchell Plastics
Mitchell Plastics is a leading tier one supplier of automotive interior mechanisms and decorative components. As a full service supplier we provide our customers with concept, design, and development services as well as full product testing and validation. Our broad array of in house manufacturing capabilities allows Mitchell Plastics to provide unparalleled vertical integration so that we can provide our customers best in class product cost and quality. The passion for product and process innovation is part of our culture. Every one of our 2200 team members is part of this process. It is this passion that keeps our team engaged to exceed our customers’ expectations.
Corporate History 1997 – Started as Ultra Manufacturing Ltd. in Waterloo Ontario manufacturing injection molded components 1998 – A/C outlet manufacturing and painting 2001 – Corporate amalgamation with Mitchell Plastics 2002 – Troy Sales Office 2004 – Hydrographic decorating operation 2005 – Huntsville Alabama manufacturing operation 2006 – Moved Waterloo operation to larger manufacturing facility 2007 – Japan Sales Office 2011 – China Engineering Office 2013 – Charlestown Indiana operation. 2014 – Queretaro Mexico operation. Added UltraWrap process.