Tooling Engineer
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*** Regional Search *** Role is located in the Midwest and will require relocation

Tooling Engineer / Die Design Engineer

MUST have Extrusion Die Design Experience

PLASTICS EXTRUSION

SUMMARY: Our client is a growing and profitable manufacturer. In this role, you will

work on a wide variety of process engineering products, including new product and material

trials, setting up full-scale production, and process improvement.

Process Engineer Responsibilities:

 Optimizing processes from design to product launch and continual improvement

 Successfully introducing new extruded products, including heavy involvement in design, extrusion and fabrication tooling, materials and material development.

 Document process requirements, setup and process parameters to assure equipment and plant team are capable of producing quality products.

 Implementation of SOP's (standard operating procedures) including standard work,

workplace organization, quality and packaging specifications.

 Complete time studies to identify opportunities for efficiency improvements.

 Coordinate continuous improvement and production process refinement efforts.

 Coordinate all applicable product testing verification and ongoing validation to meet

product specifications as well as comply with applicable local and governmental

regulations.

Qualifications:

 BS Chem-E, BS Polymer Science, BS Chemistry, BS Plastics Engineering, or similar.

 3 years of functional and HANDS-ON process engineering experience within polymer extrusion processes, with experience running extruders in trials.

 3 years of experience extrusion die design

 2 years experience with Continuous Improvement tools such as lean manufacturing, Kaizen, 6