Molding Process Engineer

Company: Panduit Corporation
Location: Tinley Park
Posted on: March 17, 2023

Job Description:

What We Can Offer YouOur Total Rewards Program provides competitive health and financial benefits as well as continuous opportunities to learn, grow, and develop. We are committed to offering our employees flexible work schedules and work from home opportunities to help you thrive. Additionally, we encourage a spirit of continuous learning and promote well-rounded development as part of our commitment to help you realize your professional goals. Panduit recognizes that our employees are key to our success, and we strive to cultivate a diverse and inclusive work environment that strengthens our Company and enables every employee to reach their full potential.

• 3 weeks paid vacation + 5 sick days + 11 holidays + 1 volunteer day
• State of the art laboratories and rapid modeling tool room to fuel creativity
• Growth & development opportunities for promotion and stretch assignments
• 401K match (no vesting) + profit sharing
• The opportunity to be a Subject Matter Expert and coach/teach others across the organizationWhat We Are Looking ForThe Molding Process Engineer will be involved with mold qualification/debug trials and molding improvement research projects. You will have the opportunity to learn how to operate the machines. You will also be able to use the experience you have gained in process optimization whether from on-the-job or school-based learning. Experience in polymer behavior will be useful in this position. This is your opportunity to let your skills shine! New engineering graduates with a Plastics/ Polymer discipline are encouraged to apply.What You Will Do
  • Develop new injection molding processes, define process recipes and auxiliary equipment requirements and specifications, and review processing techniques and methods applied in the manufacture, fabrication, and evaluation of molded products
  • Coordinate product design requirement review with appropriate engineering/scientific personnel to ensure compatibility of molding processing methods
  • Collaborate with product engineering and testing and metrology personnel to effectively manage and execute new mold tool testing and qualification
  • Research new molding technologies, automation, machines, and process methods
  • Collaborate with other teams as appropriate to establish a 3-5 year technical vision and roadmap for Panduit Global Molding
  • On occasion provide technical expertise support for production molding and assist the polymers research team with appropriate tests and or sample creation.What You Will Bring
    • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
    • Polymer/Plastics discipline highly preferred
    • Experience in
      • Scientific principles of injection molding
      • Principles of injection mold construction
      • Molding Machine operation
      • Molding machine ancillary equipment operation, mold heaters, hot runner controllers, vision and robot systems
      • Knowledge of Arburg and/or Engel machine operation is preferredWe thank all those interested in joining the Panduit team; however only those that complete the online application and meet the minimum job qualifications will be considered for this role.Panduit is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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