Project Engineer

Essential Responsibilities

• Main engineering contact for our customers and tooling suppliers.
• Responsible for assigned duties involving the analysis of customer prints and tool quotation requests, the preparation of tool quotations and the procurement of the tooling.
• Ensure that new tools are designed and built in accordance with our requirements and allow for a robust and reliable manufacturing process.
• Conduct design and preliminary tool reviews to insure consensus of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Place tool purchase order, expedite, follow up by appropriate visits to tooling sources, and become completely familiar with tooling progress and compliance to agreed design.
• Conduct pre-sampling and post-sampling meetings with project team members.
• Advise the Project Manager as to customer approval, or necessity for deviation. Follow up promptly to minimize delays to assure compliance with quoted tool delivery times.
• Aid Sales in design related projects such as, Prototyping new parts and providing design recommendations, Metal to plastic conversion, Identifying new opportunities through design change and developing the piece part design, Identify sources for design, build and prototyping activities.
• Perform mold simulation analysis utilizing Moldex 3D.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Plastics Technology, or completion of a related apprenticeship or a 2- year technical degree plus 5 years of related working experience.
• 3-5 years of plastic mold injection experience.
• Strong computer skills in CAD (preferably SolidWorks), Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook.
• Overall understanding of numerous raw materials (PP, ABS, Acetel, Nylon).
• Strong communication skills and professional demeanor with customers, suppliers, and co-workers.
• Highly energetic with a positive attitude.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Must be able to travel both domestically and internationally when necessary.