Job Overview

Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Molding)

Job Duties

Person(s) performing this role are models for the TE core values of Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, and Innovation.  While functioning in this role, you will be expected to operate at the highest standards of individual and corporate integrity, honor all commitments made while taking personal responsibility for actions/results, and foster an environment that encourages innovation, creativity, excellence and results through teamwork.  Our organization strives to practice leadership that teaches, inspires, and promotes full participation from all employees, grounded in a belief in continuous career development. 

Key Responsibilities
•    Develop, optimize, and troubleshoot injection molding processes using scientific molding principles.
•    Provide hands-on engineering support for molds, presses, materials, dryers, automation, and auxiliary equipment.
•    Lead root-cause investigations and improvements related to scrap, downtime, cycle time, OEE, and process capability.
•    Support mold maintenance, repairs, modifications, transfers, and new tooling projects.
•    Lead CAPEX projects, including equipment justification, specification, installation, commissioning, and qualification.
•    Drive continuous improvement through automation, standard work, TPM, setup reduction, and manufacturing excellence initiatives.
•    Partner with Quality to improve Cpk, MSA, CTQs, SPC, and process control, including advanced technologies.
•    Lead or support transfers of molds, equipment, and manufacturing processes between plants and suppliers.
•    Work cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, Tooling, Materials, and suppliers to resolve manufacturing issues and implement sustainable improvements.
•    Develop and execute longer-term strategies for equipment modernization, molding technology, and operational efficiency.

Job Requirements

• Using best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products/services or processes.
• Working independently to solve problems where precedents may not exist and providing new perspective on existing solutions.
• Training or mentoring junior staff or new members and providing inputs on performance expectations.
• Aiding project management responsibilities in absence of the team leader/ project manager.

What your background should look like

Qualifications
•    Experience supporting injection molding manufacturing and troubleshooting.
•    Strong understanding of molding processes, tooling, equipment, and polymers.
•    Experience leading manufacturing improvement and/or capital projects.
•    Strong problem-solving, project management, and communication skills.
•    RJG Master Molder certification, Six Sigma, automation, CAD, and in-cavity pressure sensing experience preferred.

Education & Experience
•    3-5 years’ experience in a manufacturing plant
•    Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Plastics, or related Engineering discipline.