Plastics Engineer - Extrusion

EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN A LEADING PLASTICS MANUFACTURER!!

Kane Partners is seeking a Plastics Engineer - Extrusion Tooling for our client, a leading Plastics Manufacturer located in the Levittown, PA area. This is a fulltime position and will be responsible for the:

Design and manufacture of profile extrusion tooling and development of custom processes with the objective of improving total quality, material usage and productivity.

Responsibilities :

Maintains compliance with the Company and plant safety policies and procedures.

Design tooling and develop processes for mono and co-extrusion plastic profiles, tubes and secondary fabrication individually or with other Process Engineers.

Lead new tooling development process for the project assigned using hands-on approach to meet customer expectation with quality and on time delivery of samples.

Coordinate the tooling needs for new products with Die Development, technicians, Production Manager and others involved in producing first article samples.

Oversee the tool making activities in the machine shop and ensure the tools produced by the machine shop can meet the design criteria and are up to the company's high standard for design and workmanship. Actively seek ways to improvise process efficiencies by way of redevelopment in the shortest possible lead time and most effective design.

Work on continuous improvement projects for efficiency.

Requirements :

BS in Engineering

3 - 5 years of plastic manufacturer experience, preferably with plastic extrusion die design and process development

Understand different plastic resins and processing.

Proficient usage of AutoCAD and CAD/CAM software.

Ability to read and interpret technical drawings

Working Knowledge of Microsoft Office based software (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams)