Senior Profile Extrusion Engineer – Optimize & Innovate

Panduit; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards Program

Generous Time Off

401(k) match / profit sharing

Parental Leave

Job summary

Panduit is seeking a Senior Extrusion Process Engineer to lead profile extrusion operations, drive process improvements, and optimize tooling, equipment, and manufacturing methods across our extrusion line. You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to define process parameters, validate tooling, analyze test data, and ensure alignment with quality standards.

This role focuses on improving productivity, reducing scrap, and boosting OEE in a fast‑paced environment at our Illinois facility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience.
• Preferred: Polymer/Plastics discipline.
• 5–8 years of hands-on plastic profile extrusion experience, optimizing processes and creating extrusion recipes.
• Strong communication and leadership skills; experience leading daily meetings and presenting equipment recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction and process management for profile extrusion operations.
• Apply engineering expertise to optimize and troubleshoot profile extrusion processes.
• Develop new processes, define parameters, and evaluate auxiliary equipment requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to review new product design requirements and ensure extrusion compatibility.
• Design and implement profile extrusion tooling including process validation.
• Analyze test data to refine extrusion processes and material specifications.
• Provide technical support for extrusion department production; improving productivity, reducing scrap and improving OEE.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, researching new technologies and collaborating on long‑term technical strategies.
• Drive capital projects, from business case development to execution, to enhance manufacturing capabilities.

Skills

Extrusion process

Process optimization

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Polymer/Plastics discipline (preferred)

Tools

Extrusion tooling

Job description

Panduit is seeking a Senior Extrusion Process Engineer to lead profile extrusion operations, drive process improvements, and optimize tooling, equipment, and manufacturing methods across our extrusion line. You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to define process parameters, validate tooling, analyze test data, and ensure alignment with quality standards.

This role focuses on improving productivity, reducing scrap, and boosting OEE in a fast‑paced environment at our Illinois facility.