Extrusion Technical Lead – Hands-On Plastics & Team Lead

#twiceasnice Recruiting; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

#twiceasnice Recruiting is seeking an Extrusion Technical Lead in Mentor, Ohio. The role centers on deep technical extrusion expertise, materials knowledge, and hands-on troubleshooting, with direct supervision of a small team of extrusion operators/technicians.

The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of finished goods plastic extrusion manufacturing experience, strong knowledge of compounds and formulations, and a focus on safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of finished goods plastic extrusion manufacturing experience.
• Plastic tubing, cylinder, or similar profile extrusion experience.
• Strong understanding of compounds, resins, pellets, additives, and formulations.
• Knowledge of extrusion variables including temperature, pressure, speed, cooling, and material flow.
• Prior experience supervising, training, or managing production staff.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the hands-on technical subject matter expert for plastic extrusion processes.
• Understand and monitor compounds, resins, pellets, additives, and material formulations.
• Troubleshoot production and quality issues involving materials and extrusion processing conditions.
• Monitor production output, scrap, downtime, and product quality.
• Inspect products in process to ensure specifications are met.
• Identify opportunities to improve throughput, quality, efficiency, and material utilization.
• Develop and refine extrusion process parameters, setups, and standard work.
• Ensure safety, quality, operating, and training procedures are followed.
• Directly supervise, train, coach, and evaluate a small team of extrusion operators/technicians.
• Schedule daily activities and coordinate resources for direct reports.
• Communicate technical issues and production performance to management.

Skills

Extrusion expertise

Troubleshooting

Team supervision

Process optimization

Tools

Extrusion equipment

Job description

#twiceasnice Recruiting is seeking an Extrusion Technical Lead in Mentor, Ohio. The role centers on deep technical extrusion expertise, materials knowledge, and hands-on troubleshooting, with direct supervision of a small team of extrusion operators/technicians.

The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of finished goods plastic extrusion manufacturing experience, strong knowledge of compounds and formulations, and a focus on safety, quality, and continuous improvement.