Engineer, Plastics Tooling

Job Duties:

Sets the guidelines and general work practices to ensure supplier compliance consistently meets our quality standards.
* Manages new supplier qualifications and alternate material qualifications.
* Performs supplier quality audits & tooling audits - Works with key plastics suppliers to develop a lean culture that drives continuous improvement in quality, delivery, and cost.* Establish application testing protocol and processes to quantify product performance capabilities.
* Manage injection molding processes and tooling development.
* Leads transfer of product lines, tool transfers, equipment transfers, both internal and external.
* Drives cost saving projects to achieve productivity targets, process standardization and best practices.
* Develop innovative manufacturing processes & solutions to reduce costs and improve product quality.
* Implement material testing and material flow analysis.
* Provide NPI support and lead design for manufacturing initiatives.
* Establish partnerships with internal and external resources.
* Support customer complaint resolution.
* Assist in application engineering efforts to improve product performance.
* Manage day-to-day operational measuring and monitoring of projects.
* Communicate project status and resolve issues that impede deliverables.
* Ensure that action item owners are managing recovery plans as applicable when and ensure that projects are organized, and deadlines are met.
* Provide weekly product development status meetings identifying project phase, tasks completed and project specs
* Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
* Develop an understanding of the products.
* Comply with and helps to enforce standard policies and procedures.
* Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Experience Requirements:

• 5-7 years of experience in injection molding process and tooling development, productivity and cost savings strategies in a manufacturing environment.
• Direct involvement in qualifying tooling during the molding processes.
• Experience working with multi-cavity hot runner/cold runner tooling operating in 100 - 400-ton plastic injection molding machines.

Education Requirements:

• BA/BS in Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Engineering.