Injection Molding Process Engineer (On-Site)

Plastic Molding Manufacturing; South Bend (IN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible spending account

401(k) with match

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Referral bonuses

Job summary

Plastic Molding Manufacturing (PMM) in the United States seeks a Plastics Engineer (Plastic Injection Molding) to develop, optimize, and troubleshoot injection molding processes, support new product launches, and collaborate with tooling, material selection, and quality teams.

You will drive waste reduction, cycle-time improvements, and automation enhancements, mentor technicians, and address issues such as flash, short shots, and warp to ensure consistent product quality and production

Qualifications

• Experience with injection molding processing, tooling and quality systems (ISO 9001, 13485, 1ATF).
• Customer communication, critical thinking skills, problem solving skills and root cause analysis.
• Strong understanding of thermoplastics, mold design, and injection molding equipment, robotics and automation.

Responsibilities

• Develop, document and optimize injection molding processes for new and existing products.
• Work with customers on tooling changes, customer part specifications, validation protocols, CAPA implementation.
• Implement, lead manufacturing initiatives to reduce waste and increase efficiency, train and mentor techs and operators.
• Monitor production performance metrics and drive continuous improvement including automation with robotic initiatives.
• Troubleshoot molding issues (flash, short shots, burn marks, warp etc) and recommend corrective actions.
• Coordinating sampling new products, PPAP's, Manufacturing and Quality.

Skills

Injection molding

Tooling

Quality systems

Customer communication

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Root cause analysis

Thermoplastics

Mold design

Robotics and automation

Job description

Plastic Molding Manufacturing (PMM) in the United States seeks a Plastics Engineer (Plastic Injection Molding) to develop, optimize, and troubleshoot injection molding processes, support new product launches, and collaborate with tooling, material selection, and quality teams.

You will drive waste reduction, cycle-time improvements, and automation enhancements, mentor technicians, and address issues such as flash, short shots, and warp to ensure consistent product quality and production