Craig Wilcox

Tooling Manager @ Clayens NP

About

Strong engineering professional with project management focus in plastic injection molding industry. New business development expertise in the design, development, qualification, and optimization of complex high precision injection molds. Built long term relationships with domestic and international suppliers. Leader of tooling department responsible for over 500 active molds for agriculture, consumer goods, and electronics OEM's.BS degree in Plastics Engineering Technology from Pennsylvania State University.

Country

United States

City

Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol Area

Industry

Plastics

Skill

PTC Creo, Continuous Improvement, Plastics Engineering, Engineering, Molding, Manufacturing, Injection Molding, Machine Tools, Pro Engineer, Plastics, Design for Manufacturing, FMEA, CAD, Process Engineering, Process Improvement, Lean Manufacturing, Product Development

Experience

Tooling Manager

Clayens NP

2020-7 - Present · 6 yrs 3 mos

Greeneville, Tennessee

Develop and qualify mold projects for 55 - 1750 ton injection molding machines up to $500k in budget. Manage the tooling department responsible for maintaining over 500 custom injection molds Design fixtures and gauges using CREO for traditional and additive manufacturing.

Project/Engineering Manager - Plastics

JL Clark

2019-9 - 2020-7 · 11 mos

Rockford, Illinois

Managed the tool room and maintenance departments in the plastics division. Led facility continuous improvement projects

Sr. Project Engineer - Tooling

Aptar

2011-2 - 2019-8 · 8 yrs 7 mos

Mukwonago, WI

Quotation, development and qualification of custom, high cavitation plastic injection molds for caps and closures. Responsible for multiple projects at a time with budgets up to $700,000 each.