Manufacturing Engineer - Injection Molding & Lean Leader

Manpower, Inc.; Florida; On-site; USD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Vision plan

Health Savings Account

Weekly pay

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Job summary

ManpowerGroup is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join their Production team, supporting injection molding operations. The role emphasizes hands-on, plant-floor execution, structured problem-solving, and leading continuous improvement to boost safety, quality, delivery, cost, and OEE.

The ideal candidate has a hands-on mindset, strong problem-solving skills, and a drive to lead improvements across molding processes, automation, equipment reliability, and new equipment validation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Plastics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Automation Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related technical discipline.
• Five or more years of hands-on manufacturing, process, automation, or continuous-improvement engineering experience, including direct support of injection molding or a comparable high-volume automated manufacturing operation.
• Proven results improving OEE, scrap, cycle time, downtime, equipment reliability, labor productivity, manufacturing cost, or automation performance.
• Working knowledge of injection molding machines, molds, thermoplastic materials, dryers, grinders, chillers/temperature controllers, conveyors, robots, and related auxiliary equipment.
• Demonstrated project-management capability including scope definition, schedule management, cost/budget tracking, supplier coordination, risk management, implementation, validation, and project closeout.

Responsibilities

• Act as the project manager for assigned manufacturing, automation, equipment, and continuous-improvement projects from concept through closeout, including scope, milestones, resources, risks, acceptance criteria, and status communication.
• Investigate recurring and high-impact production losses directly at the equipment using data and structured root-cause methods, then drive permanent corrective actions that sustain results across shifts.
• Lead continuous-improvement initiatives using Lean principles to eliminate waste and improve flow, throughput, quality, and consistency.
• Optimize injection molding process performance by reducing scrap, improving process stability, and tightening cycle time while protecting product quality, process capability, mold protection, equipment reliability, and safety.
• Coordinate automation and mechanical improvements (robots, part handling, sensors/vision, automated inspection, guarding, and secondary operations) and support new equipment validation, testing, and release to production.

Skills

OEE improvement

Lean manufacturing

Root-cause analysis

Project management

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

Injection molding machines

Molds

Robots

Vision sensors

Thermoplastic materials

Job description

ManpowerGroup is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join their Production team, supporting injection molding operations. The role emphasizes hands-on, plant-floor execution, structured problem-solving, and leading continuous improvement to boost safety, quality, delivery, cost, and OEE.

The ideal candidate has a hands-on mindset, strong problem-solving skills, and a drive to lead improvements across molding processes, automation, equipment reliability, and new equipment validation.