Senior Plastics Project Engineer Senior Plastics Project Engineer drives long-term supplier development, Tool life-cycle management, and risk mitigation strategies for critical plastic injection molded components. This role leads complex tool-qualification projects from concept to production, aligning supplier capabilities with organizational growth and cost-saving initiatives. By establishing governance standards and optimizing tooling portfolios, the engineer guides cross-functional teams and external partners to ensure total supply chain resilience, robust quality systems, and seamless new product introductions
Job Duties:
Strategic Leadership & CapEx Management
Architect Multi-Year Strategies: Define and execute a 3 year plastics tooling roadmap to ensure long-term global supply chain resilience, capability scaling, and technological optimization.
Lead CapEx Lifecycle: Formulate comprehensive capital expenditure (CapEx) justifications, financial ROI models, and business cases to secure senior management approval for critical tooling and equipment investments.
Drive Cost Optimization: Program-manage strategic cost-saving initiatives, process standardizations, and best practices across the global supplier network to achieve multi-year productivity and margin targets.
Tooling Project Management & Execution:
Orchestrate Tooling Transfers: Lead end-to-end project management for complex product line relocations, tool transfers, and equipment deployments across internal and external manufacturing sites.
Govern NPI Pipelines: Direct the qualification lifecycle for strategic new suppliers and advanced alternate materials, aligning milestones with long-term product launch schedules.
Standardize Supplier Governance: Design and implement unified supplier inspection frameworks and quality alignment methodologies between strategic partners and internal quality systems.
Supplier Development & Advanced Engineering:- Cultivate Strategic Partnerships: Establish and scale high-level alliances with key global injection molding suppliers to embed a shared culture of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement.
- Enforce Ecosystem Quality: Oversee systemic supplier risk mitigation, leading high-impact root cause analyses and corrective action frameworks for Tier-1 injection molding issues.
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Work Experience Requirements 5+ years of experience in injection molding process, tooling development, project management and cost savings strategies in a lean manufacturing environment.
- Direct involvement in qualifying tooling during the molding processes
- Experience working with multi-cavity hot runner/cold runner tooling operating in 100 - 400 ton plastic injection molding machines.
- Skills Required
Education Requirements: BA/BS in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical or Industrial Engineering
Pay Range: USD 100000 - 120000 Annually
This position is eligible to earn a discretionary bonus based on performance metrics and other criteria outlined in our applicable bonus plan. We consider several job-related, non-discriminatory factors when determining the pay rate for a position, including, but not limited to, the position's responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, a candidate's education/training, the position's location, and the key skills needed for the position. Pay is one of the Total Rewards that we provide to compensate and recognize employees for their work.
Benefits:
Benefits For This Position Include: A 401(K) Savings Plan With Employer Contributions; Medical, Dental And Vision Insurance; Wellness Programs; Health Savings Account, Health Care And Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts; Company Paid Short-Term Disability And Long-Term Disability; Company Paid Employee Basic Life And Ad&D Insurance; Supplemental Employee And Dependent Life Insurance; Optional Accident, Hospital Indemnity And Critical Illness Insurance; Adoption, Surrogacy, And Fertility Benefits And Assistance; Commuter Benefits; Parental, Military, Jury Duty, And Bereavement Leaves Of Absence; Paid Time Off, Including 10 Paid Holidays Per Calendar Year, 120 Paid Vacation Days For Salaried Positions And 80 Paid Vacation Days For Hourly Positions Annually, 40 Paid Sick Leave Hours Frontloaded Annually On January 1St Or As Provided Under State And Local Paid Sick Leave Laws, Business Travel Services; Employee Discounts; And An Employee Assistance Program That Includes Company Paid Counseling Sessions And Legal Services. Eligibility For Benefits Is Governed By Applicable Plan Documents And Policies. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other factors prohibited by law.
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