Principal Process Engineer - Thermoplastic Injection Molding

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Principal Process Engineer - Thermoplastic Injection Molding located in Libertyville, IL.

Reporting to the Process Engineering Manager, the Principal Process Engineer - Thermoplastic Injection Molding is responsible for process engineering capabilities focused on cost, quality and delivery improvements in order to hold up a manufacturing organization.

What a typical day looks like:

• Recognize the manufacturing process, technologies, techniques and the product.
• Define, implement and evaluate proposed designs and processes for manufacturability.
• Have the capability to singly or with other engineering stakeholders identify root causes of failures in the manufacturing process
• High level participation in daily production activities and effective problem solving on daily issues
• Prepare justification, purchase and implement capital equipment for production.
• Hold up and oversee new process equipment production.
• Hold up the raising and introduction of engineering change orders (ECOs).
• Establish robust, repeatable and reproducible process parameters
• Develop, implement and take ownership of process control methodologies.
• Trouble shoot process related issues.
• Participate in activities pertaining to cycle time and process improvements.
• Evaluate and select various engineered materials.
• Implement statistical process research on new and existing products.
• Implement safety, productivity and give in improvements.
• Improve manufacturing techniques and through put.
• Provide continuous development of manufacturing techniques that will improve in-house capabilities and gives in.
• Develop and maintain process documentation.
• Review processing methods.
• Interface with production of all activities associated with new process implementation and transfer.
• Assist in the development of training and provide training to production personnel during new technology transfer.
• Provide equipment maintenance and repair hold up as required.
• Guide cost improvement/reduction programs.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires 10- 15 years’ experience of process development (IQ, OQ PQ), Tooling, and Scientific / Thermoplastic Injection Molding.
• Attention to detail in relation to manufacturing and injection molding processes.
• RJG / E-Dart experience preferred.
• Experience in Class 7 or 8 Cleanrooms preferred.
• Degree or equivalent work experience and training in plastics/injection molding.
• Data analysis / statistics with excel, Minitab, or similar platform preferred.