Merge
Plastics Processing Engineer
Springfield, Missouri · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$50k-$70kDetected 44 days ago
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About the role
- Assist with quotes and work to get the best value on outside costs.
- Proof and quality control at all stages of work from creative through final production and delivery: Roughs, Comprehensive Layouts, Finished Art, Printing, or Digital Delivery.
- 5+ years of processing experience in a plastics manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities
- Model and help lead the significant improvement in core competencies associated with high and low- pressure injection molding.
- Develop and implement a standardized production start-up and process optimization protocol, train staff and apply to daily production.
- Apply statistical testing methods to determine process capabilities, establish standards and validate process capability
- Determine root causes of failures using statistical methods and recommend changes in designs, tolerances or processing methods to avoid re-occurrences
- Design, develop, and implement control systems to improve production cycle times and product quality
Requirements
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects.
- The employee frequently is required to sit, stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear and will occasionally be required to bend, stoop, kneel and climb stairs.
- Assemble all materials required for quoting all finished art production aspects of project, including outside services (illustration, etc.), prepress, printing, and delivery.
Compensation
- $50k-$70k
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