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Process Lead

AppleOne Employment Services
Buffalo, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 10/30/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/27/2026
Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Process Lead for a direct hire, onsite opportunity in Buffalo, NY. This role is ideal for a hands-on injection molding professional who enjoys solving complex process issues, improving production efficiency, and helping operators and technicians build stronger technical skills.

The Process Lead will serve as a key technical resource within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, supporting process optimization, equipment performance, operator training, quality improvement, and continuous improvement initiatives. This is a strong opportunity for a candidate who wants to make a measurable impact on safety, quality, productivity, and overall production performance.

This position offers a collaborative work environment with supportive leadership, cross-functional teamwork, and opportunities to contribute to process improvements, new equipment startups, product qualification projects, and employee development. Candidates who are highly analytical, mechanically skilled, and passionate about advanced injection molding operations will find this role especially rewarding.

Key Responsibilities

  • Monitor, optimize, and document injection molding processes to improve cycle time, cavitation, product quality, and production efficiency.
  • Provide technical direction to Process Technicians and Injection Operators while supporting daily production goals.
  • Troubleshoot process deviations, equipment issues, material feeding concerns, and molding defects to reduce downtime and improve consistency.
  • Develop and maintain process parameters, alarm limits, Master Process Setup Sheets, and related process documentation.
  • Create and deliver training plans, competency assessments, and technical development programs for Injection Operators and Process Technicians.
  • Partner with Tooling, Maintenance, Quality, Production, vendors, and equipment manufacturers on process improvements, new equipment startups, FATs, SATs, and corrective actions.


Compensation And Benefits

  • Pay Rate: $37.00 per hour.
  • Job Type: Direct hire.
  • Location: Buffalo, NY 14225.
  • Work Arrangement: Onsite.


Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans

The Know Your Rights poster is available here:

https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf

The pay transparency policy is available here:

https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_ English_formattedESQA508c.pdf

For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, the Company is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.

AppleOne participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program.

https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf

We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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