Plastic Process Engineer
About The Position
Are you a hands-on plastics process engineer with deep thermoforming expertise who thrives on solving complex manufacturing challenges? Do you know your way around equipment, tooling, materials, and process optimization—and enjoy being the person who steps in, troubleshoots issues, and makes the process better? If you’re energized by owning the process from concept through production and turning ideas into stable, repeatable, high-performing manufacturing systems, this is the kind of role where your expertise directly drives results. We’re looking for a Process Engineer or Senior Process Engineer to lead large-scale, complex, and highly visible thermoforming initiatives. In this role, you’ll serve as the technical owner of process capability and equipment performance, leading projects across the full product lifecycle—from material selection and tooling development to prototyping, validation, scale-up, and full production launch. This is a high-impact opportunity for an engineer who wants to improve equipment performance, increase process reliability, reduce variation, and drive continuous improvement on the plant floor.
Requirements
- Proven experience analyzing production equipment, processes, and materials to resolve manufacturing issues
- Hands-on knowledge of quality and continuous improvement tools such as SPC, SQC, 5S, 8D, FMEA, Root Cause Analysis, Gage R&R, and DOE
- Experience with thermoforming, injection molding, printing, and/or paper manufacturing processes
- Strong understanding of engineering principles applied to product design and manufacturing
- Ability to interpret and develop technical drawings, blueprints, and specifications
- Solid foundation in math and statistics as applied to engineering and quality analysis
- Knowledge of materials, manufacturing processes, quality systems, and cost optimization
- Strong problem-solving, prioritization, and project management skills with minimal supervision
- Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills
Responsibilities
- Lead thermoforming process development and optimization
- Own equipment performance, process capability, and troubleshooting
- Partner with tooling, operations, and quality teams to improve manufacturability
- Drive prototype-to-production scale-up
- Improve cycle times, scrap reduction, yield, and repeatability
- Support new product launches and process validation
- Lead continuous improvement and manufacturing excellence initiatives
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life insurance
- 401(k) with company matching contributions
- paid vacation
- paid holidays
- short-term disability
- tuition assistance
- product discounts
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
