Injection Molding Process Engineer

Injection Molding Process Engineer

Company:  Rieke LLC

Primary Location:  500 W 7th Street, Auburn, IN 46706 USA

Employment Type: Salaried | Full-Time

Function:  Engineering

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled 

This position is responsible for overallinjection molded process development and management at Rieke Packaging. Thisposition is responsible for using scientific molding tools to establish newproduct Molding Processes and cell development through a validation process. Allsustaining processes are to monitored and audited to ensure process compliance.

This position requiresleadership skills to work closely with customers, process techs, internaltooling, quality and production team.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Perform, document and direct all process development activity using scientific molding tools.
• Document all process related validation protocol requirements
• Perform regular process audits to ensure manufacturing compliance.
• Perform as technical liaison to customers on all related process related activity.
• Daily monitoring of IQMS real-time actual verses standard and audit all processes not running to standard.
• Capable of running all aspects of the molding and auxiliary equipment.
• Full understanding of decoupled molding and ensure that process techs adhere to decoupled principles.
• Leadership support in trouble shooting/ debugging new programs.
• Adherence to ISO procedures.
• Lead process tech team in developing tooling work orders for mold repairs and PM's.
• Utilized continuous improvement, lean and six sigma tools to reach OEE standards.
• Coach and mentor and train process technicians.

Qualifications

• College degree Plastics Engineering or applicable field with at least 5 years of experience in Injection Molding tooling design and process.
• Experience in ISO environment is desirable
• Have a basic understanding of automation
• Driven, self-motivated
• Change agent, bias for action, with a positive attitude
• Organized and able to bring projects to a successful conclusion
• Strong communication & presentation skills
• Strong problem solving and lean manufacturing skills
• Process & results driven
• Innovative, inspiring, and able to work in a consultative relationship throughout the organization
• Formal scientific Six Sigma, Lean, and leadership strongly desired molding training is highly desired
• Formal Education in Six Sigma, Lean, and leadership highly desired