Manufacturing Process Engineer - Plastics

About the role

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Responsibilities

• Supports the operations, quality, maintenance, and engineering teams by driving process optimization, troubleshooting manufacturing issues, improving equipment and process performance, and leading continuous improvement initiatives across plastics manufacturing operations.
• Troubleshoot process, equipment, tooling, material, and automation-related issues using structured problem-solving methodologies, while leveraging manufacturing data and statistical analysis tools to improve process capability, reduce scrap, increase yield, and maximize overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
• Lead root cause investigations for quality defects, process deviations, equipment-related issues, and customer complaints.
• Drive corrective and preventive actions, continuous improvement initiatives, and operational excellence efforts focused on cycle time reduction, waste elimination, labor efficiency, capacity expansion, and cost reduction.
• Support the full lifecycle of manufacturing equipment and processes, including validation, qualification, installation, commissioning, startup, and operational readiness activities.
• Partner with operations, maintenance, quality, supply chain, equipment suppliers, mold manufacturers, and automation integrators to establish process standards, support new product introductions and engineering changes, and ensure long-term manufacturing performance and reliability.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Process, Industrial, Plastics, or related field) with 3+ years of manufacturing engineering, process engineering, or plastics processing experience, including demonstrated success troubleshooting and optimizing manufacturing processes in a high-volume production environment.
• Strong understanding of process engineering principles, statistical analysis, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies, including Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, 5-Why, Fishbone Analysis, DOE, SPC, and FMEA, with the ability to analyze complex technical problems and implement practical, data-driven solutions.
• Experience working with manufacturing automation, process controls, data collection systems, and industrial equipment, combined with strong project management, organizational, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills to effectively manage multiple priorities and drive business results.

Essential Requirements

• Ability to lift, move or carry equipment up to 50 lbs, any other physical requirements.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements

• Ability to lift, move or carry equipment up to 50 lbs, any other physical requirements.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in: Experience with plastics manufacturing processes, including injection molding, blow molding, mold qualification, automation systems, robotics, vision inspection systems, and material handling systems.
• Experience supporting regulated manufacturing environments through process validation, IQ/OQ/PQ execution, equipment qualification, CAPA investigations, nonconformance investigations, and the use of MES, SCADA, ERP, industrial networking, data analytics, and statistical software tools.
• Demonstrated success leading OEE improvement initiatives, process capability studies, cycle time optimization, scrap reduction, cost savings projects, equipment installations, automation integration, manufacturing expansions, and new product introductions.

Skills

• Strong understanding of process engineering principles, statistical analysis, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies, including Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, 5-Why, Fishbone Analysis, DOE, SPC, and FMEA.
• Experience working with manufacturing automation, process controls, data collection systems, and industrial equipment.
• Strong project management, organizational, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives.

Pay

• Competitive compensation package.

Schedule

• Full-time position.