Program Manager - Plastics

Molded Rubber & Plastic Corpor; Town of Butler (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Paid time off

Professional development assistance

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Vision insurance

Job summary

Molded Rubber & Plastic Corpor in Butler, WI invites a Program Manager - Plastics to lead plastics tooling projects onsite. The role requires five+ years in plastics injection molding, medical market experience, and a mechanical/plastics engineering degree.

Responsibilities include project organization, timeline and budget control, supplier coordination, and design reviews. Excellent communication and professional client interaction are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in the medical market.
• Able to represent MRPC professionally to customers and suppliers.
• Motivated, self-starter with good communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Sound project organization skills.
• Effective timeline management (MS Project, Gantt charts, etc).
• Supplier management (mold makers, material suppliers).
• Budget management to keep projects on time and on target.
• Ability to review part designs.
• Understand injection mold tooling and mold features.
• Review mold designs and support medical molding experience.
• Experience with silicone molding (LSR/LIM) and APQP.
• Support DOEs, capability studies and steel safe concept.
• Understand automation concepts and impact of options.

Skills

Project management

Supplier management

Communication

Budget management

Design review

Process knowledge

Automation concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Plastics

Tools

MS Project

Gantt charts

Job description

Program Manager - Plastics

Previous experience in Plastics or Tooling is required.

There is no relocation or sponsorship assigned to this role and it is not a remote position.

Responsibilities

• Sound project organization skills
• Effective timeline management (MS Project, Gantt charts, etc)
• Supplier management skills (mold makers, material suppliers)
• Skillful project budget management (On time, on target)
• Ability to review part designs
• (not great detail, but for draft, side‑actions, the basics)
• Understanding of injection mold tooling including:
• Mold features due to part geometry
• Mold construction basics (can review mold designs)
• Medical molding experience
• Silicone molding (LSR/LIM) experience
• Understanding good manufacturing processes and advanced quality planning (APQP) including a working knowledge of the following:
• DOEs (Design of Experiments)
• Capability studies
• Steel Safe concept
• Automation concepts (press robots, automated assembly equipment)
• The relative cost impact of options and can choose the best option

Requirements

• Experience in the medical market
• Able to represent MRPC in a professional manner to customers and suppliers.
• Motivated, self‑starter
• Good communicator – verbal and written – potential role in training other personnel
• Salary commensurate with experience. An engineering degree (mechanical or plastics) and five or more years' experience is preferred.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Education

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience

• Manufacturing: 5 years (Required)
• Plastics injection molding: 5 years (Preferred)

Work Location

In person at our corporate headquarters in Butler, Wisconsin