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 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 Molding.

• Experience in 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 training in plastics/injection molding.

• Data analysis / statistics with excel, Minitab, or similar platform preferred.