Senior Project Engineer
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Cuba City, Wisconsin, United States
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Industrial engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree from four-year College or University, in Engineering or Industrial Technologies, plus 3-5 years of relevant experience working in a manufacturing environment. An equivalent combinati
- Have a clear understanding of the injection molding process for thermoplastic materials.
- Demonstrated experience operating within a team environment that emphasizes collaborative decision making and coordination between multiple functions both inside the business and at the corporate leve
- Experience with Mold Flow, mold design, and DFM a plus.
- Experience in Engineering Project Management, PMP a plus
- Experience using Creo, Solidworks, or similar CAD/CAM software a plus.
- Experience reading and interpreting 2D part prints with associated GD&T.
- Must have a record that demonstrates customer focus, strategic thinking, results driven, and problem solving.
- Excellent written and verbal skills.
Full description
Come and work for a company that continues to grow and flourish, where our people make a difference! McDonald Plastic Molding is a subsidiary of A.Y. McDonald. A.Y. McDonald is a privately owned company founded in 1856. People join our business (and stay) because of our collaborative workplace, drive for innovation, and our family-oriented culture. We are a custom injection molding company known for producing high-quality products that meet the needs of our customers.
SUMMARY
The Sr. Project Engineer is responsible for managing the introduction of new projects through various stages, managing future engineering changes, assisting in resolving any manufacturing issues associated with the tools, and implementing continuous improvement activities.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:
- Obtain information from the appropriate manufacturing, quality, internal engineering, and purchasing to provide the optimum proposal to the customer.
- Perform all cost estimating functions during the development cycle using established APQP procedures, establish all standards for each job, from material to process to production.
- Place all new tooling & fixture builds through MPM’s APQP process and be responsible for all mechanical design functions and tooling program management. Schedule all samples and provide support at all stages of the process. Communicate and document pertinent set-up and processing information to molding technicians.
- Update routings, BOM’s and BOO’s to reflect engineering change requests; oversee updating of engineering print files & revisions to engineering prints, as well as reviewing and updating standards for accuracy and reducing manufacturing variances.
- Provide proposals for annual continuous improvement and cost reduction opportunities.
- Interact with manufacturing personnel to establish standard processes to ensure customer expectations are being met, and to provide ongoing support for production requirements.
- Establishes all quality plans for each part (FMEA’s, Control Plans, Work Instructions, Work Cell Layouts and PPAP’s) and works as team leader with manufacturing & QA to obtain completed documents.
- Strives to obtain continuous education & maintenance of high level of education related to current and new tooling, machinery, materials, and processing.
- Travel to customer and vendor locations or other McDonald Plastic Molding facilities.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree from four-year College or University, in Engineering or Industrial Technologies, plus 3-5 years of relevant experience working in a manufacturing environment. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.