Corporate Engineering - Designer at Mitchell… · Kitchener

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”!

Designer
Mitchell Plastics Technical Centre

Our Corporate Office is looking to add a Designer, reporting into the Design Manager. The Designer is a key player in the design of our development programs, with responsibility to communicate all program design issues. 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

• Document design records/ minutes for all program design meetings.
• Participate in regular Design Meetings as chaired by the Design Manager. Data must be available to review in Design Reviews.
• Must participate in specific design review meetings as set up by Program Manager, Director of Engineering or Design Manager.
• Complete Design Checklist at each major design review.
• Update and maintain files on APQP Folder on intranet.
• Responsible to update specific program Open Issues on a regular basis and have ready for review in weekly Layered Process Audits.
• Maintain and Update Assembly and Component Prints.
• Proper tracking of incoming and outgoing math data.
• Consider customer SOR, warranty info, customer timing, part validation requirements during design process.
• Participate and present in regularly scheduled Design Reviews as organized by Program Manager
• Conduct regular Benchmarking activity as specified by the Director of Engineering.
• Update and communicate updates to Design Standards.
• The designer reports to and may also be responsible to carry out other tasks as directed by the Design Manager of Director of Engineering.

Qualifications and Skills

• 2 - 10 years of experience in the Automotive Parts Industry
• Has a Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Familiar with customer and AIAG requirements
• Understands the Injection Moulding process and Tooling
• Understands design tools, such as DFA, DFMEA, etc.
• Has excellent computer skills including all Microsoft Office Applications
• Strong design literacy in NX (UG) or Catia
• Understands key Quality & Environmental Management Systems procedures
• Has superior interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively
• Takes initiative and is able to identify areas for opportunity
• Has excellent verbal and written communication skills

Team Members interested in applying must complete their application in
Dayforce Careers by: 11 PM on Monday September 21st , 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.