Senior Process Engineer, Injection Moulding (Employee-Owned)

Michael Page; Seymour (CT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Career growth

Mentorship opportunities

Advanced molding tech

Job summary

Michael Page is seeking an experienced Senior Process Engineer to lead injection moulding process development, validation, and continuous improvement in a highly advanced manufacturing environment. You will drive quality, throughput, and efficiency while supporting new product launches and production operations.

The role requires 8+ years of plastics process engineering excellence, strong scientific moulding knowledge, and cross‑functional collaboration with Quality and Manufacturing teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of process engineering experience in plastics manufacturing.
• Demonstrated experience in developing, validating, optimising, and troubleshooting injection moulding processes.
• Strong knowledge of scientific moulding, decoupled moulding, process windows, tooling, materials, and secondary operations.
• Experience with mould sampling, process validation, capability studies, root cause analysis, CAPA, and corrective action processes.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, DOE, SPC, PFMEA, and control plans.
• Experience with ERP/MES systems and process data analysis tools.
• Excellent communication, leadership, mentoring, and project management skills.
• Experience writing, reading, and interpreting technical engineering and manufacturing documentation.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimise, and troubleshoot injection moulding processes for new and existing products.
• Lead mould sampling, process development, validation activities, and production launches.
• Analyse process data to improve quality, efficiency, cycle times, and process capability.
• Collaborate with Quality teams to establish process controls and monitoring systems.
• Investigate and resolve issues related to moulding processes, tooling, materials, automation, and equipment.
• Create and maintain process documentation, setup standards, work instructions, and validation records.
• Support PFMEAs, Control Plans, process flow documentation, and manufacturing standards.
• Participate in mould design reviews, print reviews, and material evaluations.
• Provide technical guidance on tooling, automation, equipment, and manufacturing process requirements.
• Design and execute DOE studies, process validations, and capability assessments.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on cost reduction, scrap reduction, productivity, and operational excellence.
• Support KPI reporting and analysis relating to efficiency, downtime, OEE, cycle time, scrap, and process capability.
• Act as a technical expert for troubleshooting production challenges and quality concerns.
• Mentor and develop Process Technicians, Setup Technicians, and Operations personnel on scientific moulding and process control methodologies

Skills

Injection moulding

Process development

DOE

Six Sigma

Lean Manufacturing

PFMEA

Control Plans

Root cause analysis

CAPA

Project management

Mentoring

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing/Mechanical/Plastics/Industrial Engineering

Tools

Moldflow

RJG/eDART

CAD software

Job description

Michael Page is seeking an experienced Senior Process Engineer to lead injection moulding process development, validation, and continuous improvement in a highly advanced manufacturing environment. You will drive quality, throughput, and efficiency while supporting new product launches and production operations.

The role requires 8+ years of plastics process engineering excellence, strong scientific moulding knowledge, and cross‑functional collaboration with Quality and Manufacturing teams.