Lead Injection Molding Operations & Capital Projects

Summit Polymers; Portage (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Summit Polymers is a leading supplier of automotive interior systems. The Technical Manager, Manufacturing Coordination (Molding) oversees molding coordination across plants, develops and implements molding standards, and leads a champions team to drive safety, efficiency and quality in molding operations.

Responsibilities include coordinating large capital projects, training interns and EITs, and maintaining relationships with equipment manufacturers while ensuring on-time, on-budget execution

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• 5 years of technical experience in molding in automotive.
• Supervisory or managerial experience.
• Current hands-on knowledge of molding operations.
• Wittmann molding robot programming experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to develop, implement and improve molding department standards.
• Lead molding champions meetings and coordinate performance across plants.
• Audit plants to standards and develop action plans to address findings.
• Assist with major capital projects from concept to production and training.
• Develop, train and mentor interns and EITs on the Manufacturing Coordination team.

Skills

Technical leadership

Project management

Molding operations

Communication

Analytical/problem solving

Team leadership

Mentoring/training

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Wittmann robot programming

Job description

Summit Polymers is a leading supplier of automotive interior systems. The Technical Manager, Manufacturing Coordination (Molding) oversees molding coordination across plants, develops and implements molding standards, and leads a champions team to drive safety, efficiency and quality in molding operations.

Responsibilities include coordinating large capital projects, training interns and EITs, and maintaining relationships with equipment manufacturers while ensuring on-time, on-budget execution