1 year extendable CONTRACT

$50 - $75 per hr

3 days onsite in Libertyville, IL - must currently be local

Education Requirements:

• BSME/EE/Chem E or equivalent required

Requirements:

• Manufacturing experience within a molding environment - 5+ years
• strong PM skills
• strong technical skills
• BS or equivalent
• CAD software proficiency
• ability to work independently, can prioritize and manage time effectively

Preferred:

• Familiarity with RJG systematic molding techniques and DFM principles for injection molding and related processes
• Plastic injection molding process experience

Summary:

Leadership:

• Support project teams or individuals, using direct or indirect influence techniques, to support clients’ needs

• Coordinate project activities across multi-functional and cross-geographical teams to meet project deliverables

• Frequently demonstrate highly technical and professional competencies on medium to high profile projects

Project Management:

• Prepare project scope definitions and cost estimates

• Use systematic techniques to break technical projects into fundamental task requirements and manage project goals, tasks, and schedules

• Obtain (negotiate for) resources as needed, communicate direction to team members, assign tasks as appropriate, and ensure that commitments are met

• Works with internal and external resources to complete projects

• Monitor project progress to anticipate problems and develop solutions before they become critical, and use clearly understood metrics to report progress to management

• Prepare reports or financial justifications for financial authorization and effectively communicate the results to management

Process Development:

• Develop process concepts and alternatives and prepare formal written justifications for financial authorization

• Coordinate the design and testing of pilot or mockup processes for proof of concept work

• Create process specifications, request for quotations, factory acceptance plans, validation plans, and other relevant documentation to support process introductions

• Complete process development and testing through the use of a systematic process employing DOEs and utilizing decoupled modeling principles and other relevant techniques

• Complete product or subassembly testing in support of process or product development

• Introduce new, validated processes to support NPD, R&D, Operations, or other clients

• Frequently demonstrates technical and professional competencies on projects

Technical Support:

• Provide technical support for NPD, R&D, Contract Manufacturing, and Operations in the design and development of new plastic injection molded part design to insure manufacturability

• Possess and frequently employ technical competence to deliver business results

Business Acumen:

• Use sound business principles to evaluate alternatives and provide technical direction

Molding Emphasis:

• Creates molding concepts and original mold designs, provides specialized molding problem solving, and integrates total molding systems

• Create detailed quotes for new production equipment to support the manufacturing of molded components

• Understands general injection molding materials and applies that knowledge in process and product development

• Ability to identify mold related defects/issues by assessing mold/process and or part design, provide detailed direction to resolve defects and issues

• Knowledge of injection molding systems including: Chillers, temperature controllers, injection molding presses and service (water/electrical) requirements