Hybrid Project Engineer - Injection Molding & NPI

Essentra; Erie (Erie County); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Essentra is hiring a Project Engineer for Erie, PA or Flippin, AR. This will be a hybrid job that requires working onsite 3 days per week.

The Project Engineer reports to the Custom Solutions Manager and oversees New Product Introduction (NPI) projects from quoting to tooling development, production launch, and close. The role emphasizes coordination of schedules, budgets, and technical risks, with strong communication to customers, suppliers, and internal teams.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years progressive related experience in plastics/injection molding
• English fluency with strong written and verbal communication
• Willingness to travel up to 10% in the U.S.
• Experience with design for manufacturability and tooling processes
• Experience with tooling quotes and project costing

Responsibilities

• Partner with Commercial team to develop part-costing for new solutions
• Prepare and review part, tooling, and engineering-change estimates
• Lead design for manufacturability reviews to identify requirements and risks
• Obtain tooling quotes to support supplier selection and budgets
• Coordinate tooling design and construction with project schedules and budgets
• Communicate project status, timing, costs, and risks to stakeholders
• Ensure ISO 9001 compliance in activities and documentation
• Coordinate production launch and project close, handing over to Operations
• Travel to support customers and suppliers (up to 10%)

Skills

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

CAD

Pro/E

Job description

Essentra is hiring a Project Engineer for Erie, PA or Flippin, AR. This will be a hybrid job that requires working onsite 3 days per week.

The Project Engineer reports to the Custom Solutions Manager and oversees New Product Introduction (NPI) projects from quoting to tooling development, production launch, and close. The role emphasizes coordination of schedules, budgets, and technical risks, with strong communication to customers, suppliers, and internal teams.