Senior Project Engineer

HellermannTyton; Milwaukee, Northern (WI, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

HellermannTyton is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to lead high-risk plastic injection molding initiatives and troubleshoot ongoing projects. You will collaborate across engineering, product development, and manufacturing to deliver on time, within scope and budget while optimizing OEE.

This role focuses on design, materials, tooling, and process validation with a strong emphasis on safety and quality. You will drive continuous improvements, support quotes for complex molding, and act as a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Plastics, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering or related discipline.
• 7+ years of engineering experience in plastic injection molding manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience managing capital projects and leading cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Participate in Advanced Molding Group Steering Committee. Review systems and processes with the rest of the SteerCo looking for OFI (opportunities for improvement).
• Technical expertise: Provide consultation on part design, materials, mold design, tooling specifications, processing, and manufacturing feasibility. Use skills to anticipate and avoid issues.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Work with project managers, product development engineers, tooling engineers, process engineers, automation, quality, and others to ensure success.
• Quoting assistance. Support product management to develop quotes for complex injection molding.
• Continuous improvement: Identify initiatives to improve systems, processes, and workflow efficiency.
• Troubleshooting: Support manufacturing by troubleshooting product problems as assigned.
• Support validation, testing, and documentation of new or modified processes and systems.
• Ensure all project activities comply with safety, quality, and environmental standards.
• Identify opportunities to improve OEE and reduce the price of non-conformance / cost of poor quality.

Skills

Injection molding fundamentals

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

CAD software

Process validation

Statistical analysis (Cp, Cpk, SPC)

Communication

Multi-priority management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Plastics, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering or related discipline

7+ years engineering experience in plastic injection molding

Proven experience managing capital projects

Tools

CAD software

Microsoft O365

Flow analysis

Project management tools

Job description

Job Description

Posted Friday, August 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM

Job Summary

The Senior Project Engineer will A) act as an injection molding technical expert helping the product development teams get higher-risk projects done, and B) troubleshoot current projects. For higher-risk new product launches, the project engineer will work closely with project managers to anticipate issues, work to avoid them, and assist with risk reduction efforts. All of this is done while raising the skill level of product development team members and improving our systems and processes. This position ultimately helps all projects – whether involved directly or not – get delivered safely, on time, within scope, and within budget while optimizing OEE. The Project Engineer will act as a technical liaison between all cross-functional teams. This will be achieved while maintaining HellermannTyton's Quality and EHS certifications by supporting all corporate policies, procedures, work instructions, and required documentation.

Essential Functions

• Participate in Advanced Molding Group Steering Committee. Review systems and processes with the rest of the SteerCo looking for OFI (opportunities for improvement).
• Technical expertise: Provide consultation on part design, materials, mold design, tooling specifications, processing, and manufacturing feasibility. Uses skills to anticipate and avoid issues.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Work with project managers, product development engineers, tooling engineers, process engineers, automation, quality, and others to ensure success.
• Quoting assistance. Support product management to develop quotes for complex injection molding.
• Continuous improvement: Identifyinitiatives to improve systems, processes, and workflow efficiency.
• Troubleshooting: Support manufacturing by troubleshooting product problems as assigned.
• Support validation, testing, and documentation of new or modified processes and systems.
• Ensure all project activities comply with safety, quality, and environmental standards.
• Identify opportunities to improve OEE and reduce the price of non-conformance / cost of poor quality.

Skills

• Understands injection molded product development of IATF, ISO, AS9100, APQP, PPAPs, scientific injection molding, injection mold design, and many different polymers, etc.
• Working knowledge of statistics (Cp, Cpk, standard deviation, SPC).
• Project management understanding, including budgeting, scheduling, and risk management.
• Experience with CAD software, Microsoft O365, flow analysis, and project management tools.
• Familiarity with continuous improvement methods and root cause analysis tools (5Whys, 8D’s, A3, etc.)
• Understanding of equipment design, automation, and process validation.
• Understands injection mold design, mold materials, mold components, and manufacturing methods.
• Able to coordinate and interpret plastic flow analyses.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence across organizational levels.
• Demonstrated critical thinking.
• Strong analytical and organizational abilities.
• Results-driven with a collaborative mindset
• Understanding of how people learn and a willingness to help others learn.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

What You'll Bring

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Plastics, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering or related discipline.
• 7+ years of engineering experience in plastic injection molding manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience managing capital projects and leading cross-functional teams.

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By applying for a position with HellermannTyton, you understand that should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check through the use of our 3rd party supplier. Background checks may include some or all of the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, criminal check, driving history, and drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process of which checks are required by the position.
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