LifeMade- Engineer, Process Injection Molding

Responsible for optimizing designs for molds ensuring efficiency, quality, and functionality of various products.

Also responsible for implementing Plastic Extrusion and Plastic Molding manufacturing processes, equipment, and plants (from pilot to operational).

Includes: running experiments and tests to aid in the development of improved manufacturing procedures, processes and part design.

• Performs mold process development using scientific approach, aiming at optimum process, also meeting quality and productivity specifications.
• Develop, implement, and document procedures designed to facilitate the determination and reporting of process parameters, through the setup phase of production scheduling to assure process reliability.
• Develop and establish manufacturing process parameters on existing molds utilizing established and innovative techniques such as mold balance analysis, gate freeze study, and relative viscosity study, ensuring stable and repeatable processes.
• Provides direction to supervisors and quality personnel to assist in mold maintenance, repair and cleaning as needed, while maintaining a relationship of trust, confidence and support.
• Create positive customer relationship through results of sampling and solutions to production problems.
• Recommends designs for special equipment and assists production with product and process research and development programs.
• Maintains and instructs on the proper maintenance and use of product specific equipment such as robots, hot runner systems, etc.
• Evaluates plastic processing and support equipment for productivity/quality improvement and/or cost reduction.
• Maintains updated knowledge on methods, systems, and equipment to continuously improve quality and productivity.
• Creates and maintains accurate documentation on all samples, processes, production items/problems and other necessary information.
• Supports New Business Development, Engineering and Operations as a subject matter expert to assist in the design, development and source tooling that meet functional and cost objectives of new products.
• Runs experiments and tests to aid in the development of improved manufacturing procedures and processes. Executes DOE’s, results reporting and consequential SOPs, maintaining complete observation and experiment records to support such activities.