Sr. Mold & Tooling Technician III

LEGO • Richmond, VA

13d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role is responsible for leading root cause analysis of complex tooling failures, owning tooling reliability, and driving long-term performance improvements. The technician will focus on improving uptime, scrap reduction, and mold lifespan through high-complexity machining and restoration of molds and tools. They will oversee critical fits, tolerances, and final validation of tooling, applying advanced repair technologies such as laser welding, coatings, and restoration methods. The position involves improving tooling performance based on injection molding process interaction, analyzing wear patterns, and recommending material or component improvements. The technician will also identify tooling design or performance issues, escalate recommendations to engineering teams, and support engineering by providing technical feedback. A key aspect of the role is reviewing CAD models and drawings to ensure manufacturability, serviceability, and repair effectiveness, while ensuring adherence to established technical standards, procedures, and best practices. The role also requires ensuring measurement systems and practices support high-precision requirements, analyzing dimensional data and variation trends, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives focused on cost, downtime, and efficiency. Additionally, the technician will train and mentor Level 1 and Level 2 team members, provide technical guidance and support across tooling activities, and support planning, prioritization, and workload balancing. Collaboration with engineering, quality, and production teams to resolve tooling issues is essential, as is interfacing with external vendors and tooling suppliers. The role also supports new tool launches, validations, and capital projects, with a willingness to travel domestically and internationally for training as needed.

Requirements

• 5–8+ years of experience in mold repair, toolmaking, or injection molding tooling
• Expert knowledge of mold systems, materials, and wear mechanisms
• Strong proficiency in GD&T, CAD/CAM, and advanced machining
• Proven leadership in technical problem-solving

Nice To Haves

• Experience in mold design or tooling engineering
• Lean / Six Sigma experience
• Experience with high-cavitation or tight-tolerance tooling environments
• Advanced understanding of tolerances, fits, and precision measurement systems
• Ability to work at micron-level precision where required
• Strong capability in dimensional analysis and variation reduction

Responsibilities

• Lead root cause analysis of complex tooling failures
• Own tooling reliability and drive long-term performance improvements
• Drive improvements in uptime, scrap reduction, and mold lifespan
• Perform high-complexity machining and restoration of Molds, and Tools
• Oversee critical fits, tolerances, and final validation of tooling
• Apply advanced repair technologies (laser welding, coatings, restoration methods)
• Improve tooling performance based on injection molding process interaction
• Analyze wear patterns and recommend material or component improvements
• Identify tooling design or performance issues and escalate recommendations to engineering teams
• Support engineering by providing technical feedback based on mold performance and failure analysis
• Review CAD models and drawings to ensure manufacturability, serviceability, and repair effectiveness
• Ensure adherence to established technical standards, procedures, and best practices
• Ensure measurement systems and practices support high-precision requirements
• Analyze dimensional data and variation trends to improve tooling performance
• Support continuous Improvement initiatives focused on cost, downtime, and efficiency
• Train and mentor Level 1 and Level 2 team members
• Provide technical guidance and support across tooling activities
• Support planning, prioritization, and workload balancing
• Partner with engineering, quality, and production teams to resolve tooling issues
• Interface with external vendors and tooling suppliers as needed
• Support new tool launches, validations, and capital projects

Benefits

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellbeing – We want you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based
• Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed