Plastic Extrusion Tech Lead — Hands-on Supervisor

#twiceasnice Recruiting; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client in Mentor, Ohio is seeking an Extrusion Technical Lead to serve as the hands-on expert for plastic extrusion operations, materials, and processing. The role emphasizes deep technical knowledge, hands-on troubleshooting, and continuous improvement while directly supervising a small team of extrusion operators.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in finished goods plastic extrusion, tubing or similar profiles, and a strong grasp of compounds, resins, additives, and formulations.

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.

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

Finished goods extrusion

Supervisory experience

Materials formulations

Extrusion parameters

Process troubleshooting

Job description

Our client in Mentor, Ohio is seeking an Extrusion Technical Lead to serve as the hands-on expert for plastic extrusion operations, materials, and processing. The role emphasizes deep technical knowledge, hands-on troubleshooting, and continuous improvement while directly supervising a small team of extrusion operators.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in finished goods plastic extrusion, tubing or similar profiles, and a strong grasp of compounds, resins, additives, and formulations.