Process Engineer - Lake Zurich, IL, United States - Michael Page

Description

Reporting to the Molding Manager, the Process Engineer will be responsible for duties to ensure the setup, maintenance, and improvement of injection molding machinery & processes at my client's production facility.

This role will serve as a liaison between Manufacturing & Quality and will work collaboratively across multiple departments, making it a highly visible role in a growing company.

My client is a well-established, growing manufacturer of injection-molded components, serving customers primarily in the automotive OEM and medical device spaces.

They are highly vertically integrated, doing everything in-house from R&D to machine design to production.

Though they are growing, the company places a lot of value on close company culture, and maintain that mentality through company events and plenty of philanthropic projects.

Set up & maintain production in the company's injection molding cell, including machine set-up, troubleshooting, operating, and repair.
Plan and implement engineering changes.

Participate in cross-functional team, from concept stages through product life cycles to optimize profit and meet customer, marketing, financial and corporate growth objectives.

Monitor and perform preventative maintenance in molding manufacturing cell
Participate in product design reviews to determine feasibility of manufacturing.
Play key role in all phases in process development and improvement.
Coordinate budget recommendations for acquisition of new equipment/machinery.
Ensure efficiency of production starting from new product design
Work collaboratively across production, quality, and engineering to address any issues and ensure customer satisfaction
4+ years' experience in plastic injection molding and operating plastic injection molding equipment
~ Demonstrated problem solving knowledge pertaining to product design, tooling design, process development/improvement and/or machinery design and development.
~ Strong working knowledge of LEAN manufacturing tools
~ Experience working in 3D modeling software, SolidWorks preferred
~ 13 company holidays

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