Hybrid Lead Process Engineer – Injection Moulding & NPI

Watson-Marlow-Fluid-Technology-Solutions; Havant; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working arrangements

Generous holiday allowance

Three days’ paid volunteering leave

Inclusion Plan

Job summary

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions in Havant (UK) is seeking an experienced Process Engineer Lead for Injection Moulding to provide technical leadership across moulding, polymer processing and tooling. You will drive process development and support new product introduction from concept to production.

You will mentor engineers, diagnose defects, establish process windows and collaborate with toolmakers and suppliers to ensure robust, repeatable manufacturing while meeting demanding product

Qualifications

• Extensive injection moulding process development and troubleshooting experience.
• Strong knowledge of polymer materials and their processing characteristics.
• Experience with mould toolmakers on new tools and tooling issues.
• Experience supporting new product introduction and production handover.
• Structured problem-solving and root cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead injection moulding process development, optimisation, troubleshooting, and validation.
• Fine tune moulding parameters to achieve dimensional, functional, visual, and mechanical product specifications.
• Provide expert support on polymer selection, material behaviour, and processing characteristics.
• Work closely with mould toolmakers on new mould design, tool trials, modifications, and issue resolution.
• Support new product introduction from design concept through to production release.
• Diagnose and resolve moulding defects, tooling issues, material concerns, and process instability.
• Establish robust process windows and support capability improvement.
• Review tooling designs and provide input on gating, cooling, venting, ejection, parting lines, and manufacturability.
• Support validation, quality investigations, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement activity.
• Define gauging concepts for critical moulded features and product interfaces.
• Support the design, specification, validation, and implementation of dedicated inspection fixtures and functional gauges.
• Work with internal or external gauge suppliers to develop robust and repeatable gauging solutions.
• Support gauge repeatability and reproducibility studies.
• Ensure gauging strategies are suitable for; Mould trial evaluation, Process validation and production quality control.
• Ensure metrology and gauging outputs are clearly linked to product specifications and control plans.
• Mentor engineers and technicians in best practice injection moulding and tooling principles.

Skills

Injection moulding

Polymers knowledge

Tooling collaboration

Process optimization

Mould tool design

NPI support

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional comms

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions in Havant (UK) is seeking an experienced Process Engineer Lead for Injection Moulding to provide technical leadership across moulding, polymer processing and tooling. You will drive process development and support new product introduction from concept to production.

You will mentor engineers, diagnose defects, establish process windows and collaborate with toolmakers and suppliers to ensure robust, repeatable manufacturing while meeting demanding product