The Lee Company · 3 hours ago
Plastics Engineer
Essex, CT
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expThe Lee Company is seeking a Plastics Project Engineer to lead all aspects of plastic component lifecycle, from initial concept through design, testing, and production. This role involves extensive collaboration and responsibility for the design of precision plastic parts and molds, ensuring high standards of quality and efficiency throughout the manufacturing process.
Industrial EngineeringManufacturingMechanical Engineering
Responsibilities
Perform engineering duties and assignments that include design, detailing, sustaining, and maintaining precision plastic and elastomeric parts, injection molds, and transfer molds
Enforce exacting workmanship standards for dimensionally accurate, repeatable, and flash-free parts
Work with engineering, mold makers, and mold operators to continuously improve part, tooling, and processes associated with molding operations. Initiate and document mold repairs, track spare parts, and implement improvements
Prepare of drawings, calculations, analysis, and specifications. Ensure accuracy of designs, dimensions, tolerances, specifications, etc
Design fixtures and experiments to prove part conformance and performance
Work with manufacturing to methodize production operations, tooling requirements, feasibility, and cost estimates, etc
Document and maintain process specifications and work instructions associated with molding as well as participate in MRB
Work with purchasing on vendor relations and specification development for purchased equipment/tools
Qualification
Required
B.S. degree in Plastics Engineering, or similar engineering discipline from an accredited university
At least five years of experience with plastic part design, mold design, tool design, injection molding operations and manufacturing engineering
A desire to learn about new developments in the plastics engineering field and an interest in following that progress through trade shows, professional texts, technical papers, etc
Proficiency with design tools such as SolidWorks, TopSolid, Moldex3D or similar
Preferred
Medical\Scientific design experience preferred
Company
The Lee Company
The Lee Company is a supplier of miniature, precision fluid control products.
1001-5000 employees
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