Senior Injection Molding Project Engineer

Amcor Rigid Packaging; Manchester (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amcor is seeking a Mechanical Engineering professional to provide technical leadership and drive injection molding projects from concept through production. You will partner with customers, vendors and internal teams to optimize part design, tooling, processing, and secondary operations.

With 6–8 years in engineering and a background in small-part injection molding, you will lead design reviews, define project scopes, manage timelines, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery while advancing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• 6-8 years of relevant engineering and injection molding experience.
• Experience in small-part injection molding with pharma/medical device products, child-resistant closures, triggers, sprayers, applicators, and secondary operations such as decoration, assembly, etc.
• Process optimization using scientific molding principles.
• Ability to explain the implications of engineering work.
• Travel 20%.

Responsibilities

• Successfully manage and execute engineering, innovation and development projects.
• Collaborate with applicable teams to define project scope.
• Determine project objectives, create and maintain timelines, outline project requirements, assign tasks, and oversee progress.
• Ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, with all deliverables satisfied.
• Establish and lead relationships with customers from a technical and design perspective.
• Lead design reviews with vendors, customers and Amcor plants.
• Demonstrate strong subject matter expertise specific to injection molding projects.
• Review and / or initiate new business opportunities, primarily related to injection molding.
• Specify and quote injection equipment and tooling.
• Work with customers and internal resources to ensure optimized part design for injection molding.
• Interface with operations to ensure product, tooling and manufacturing aspects satisfy operational requirements.
• Work with operations to develop foundational processes.
• Participate in troubleshooting and resolution of issues related to product, process, deliverables, timing and manufacturing.
• Work with applicable teams to successfully deliver products for plant handoff.
• Train and empower others and provide guidance to team members.
• Maintain current knowledge of technical innovations through research, conferences, training, and industry contacts.

Skills

Injection molding

Project management

Design reviews

Vendor relations

Education

Bachelor's Degree Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Tooling equipment

Injection equipment

Job description

Amcor is seeking a Mechanical Engineering professional to provide technical leadership and drive injection molding projects from concept through production. You will partner with customers, vendors and internal teams to optimize part design, tooling, processing, and secondary operations.

With 6–8 years in engineering and a background in small-part injection molding, you will lead design reviews, define project scopes, manage timelines, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery while advancing