Injection Molding Engineer

Title:                                      Injection Molding Engineer

Department:                      Continuous Improvement/Process Development

Reports To:                         Director of Process Development

Location:                              GVS Filtration - Findlay, OH

Personal attributes critical to the success of this position:
- Display innovation through applications of plastic part design for manufacturability and mold flow analysis in the design of injection molds. 

- Assure product quality & productivity by troubleshooting and correcting injection mold and process issues.

- Self -motivated.

- Flexibility to work individually or on teams.
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment and manage rapidly changing priorities.

- Desire to continue to improve personal and co-workers competence through research, collaboration, technical information sharing, training and communication.

Responsibilities for this role include:
- Develop, design and manage molds & tooling for injection molding & plastic part assembly processes

- Conduct internal & external supplier design reviews for new molds and changes/revisions to existing molds.

- Set-up, start-up, trials and monitoring of new and current injection molds and tooling to ensure optimum product quality, productivity and uptime. 

- Troubleshooting and problem resolution of injection molds, molded parts, tooling and processes.
- Provide technical training and support to production and maintenance personnel to ensure competence in the operation and maintaining of molds, tooling & equipment. 

- Utilize data based approach to identify and implement process improvements.

- Optimize injection mold & tooling design for quality, productivity & minimal material usage.

- Identify and apply the latest technical advancements in injection molding and tooling.

- Continually improve internal and external mold and tooling suppliers.

- Manage all mold and tooling related procedures, work instructions and databases. 

- Participate in the creation and improvement of process work instructions.
- Meet key performance metrics for safety, quality, cost and delivery.

Experience/Technical skills required:
- Engineering/Technical Degree and/or Journeyman Mold Maker is preferred. 

- Minimum three years of demonstrated experience in injection mold & tooling design.

- SOLIDWORKS, Inventor & AutoCAD experience. 

- Demonstrated “hands on” injection molding process start-up and troubleshooting.

- Ability to read mold & tooling drawings for troubleshooting and repair.
- Background in any of the following areas are strongly preferred:

       - Plastic part design for manufacturability (DFM)

       - Mold flow analysis

       - CNC Machining, turning, grinding, EDM

       - Insert injection-molding processes

       - Manual and optical measurement techniques

       - Machine repair and preventative maintenance

       - Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) training and experience
       - Robotics: Yushin, Denso, UR, Epson, Engel

       - Plastic joining technologies (ultrasonic, vibration, laser and/or hot plate)

- Familiar with Quality tools (PFMEA, Control plans, Measurement techniques)

- Knowledge of ISO 9001:2015, ISO 13485:2015 and/or IATF16949:2016.

Work Environment/Physical Demands:

- Work setting includes all areas of the plant and offices. 

- Work with manufacturing equipment will include working around hot plastic, heated tools and moving equipment. 

- Ability to lift up to 70 lbs. intermittently. 

- Ability to move molds and tooling in excess of a hundred pounds on an intermittent basis.