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Manufacturing Engineer

Creative Foam Corporation
Dowagiac, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 9/26/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/24/2026

Job description

Since 1969, Creative Foam has designed and manufactured cellular and non-cellular foams and plastics for our automotive customers. Key ingredients in our success in this market include innovative people, an abiding passion for quality and an unwavering commitment to the customer. Find your home at Creative Foam!

Competitive Benefits & Compensation Package

  • Safe working environments

  • World class benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision plans and flexible spending accounts

  • Company paid short term disability, long term disability, and AD&D insurance

  • 401k with employer match

  • Generous holiday and vacation allotments

  • Dependent scholarship program

  • Wellness program

  • Referral program

Pay

Pay commensurate with education and experience.

Creative Foam wants to be a great service provider to our customers. We recognize we can only do that if we are a great employer. Our success is driven by the success of our employees.

Our culture focuses on three core values:

  • Be Inclusive- Make a difference as a TEAM, work collaboratively and support others in our effort to greatness. Constantly strive for perfection and quickly learn from our mistakes.

  • Be Inventive-Never stop learning and push the TEAM to strive towards sustained excellence. Aim to provide our customers with the most creative solutions in the market.

  • Be Responsible-Maintain an equitable relationship with our customers, employees, stakeholders and communities as we develop as a TEAM.

  • Be Relentless-Demand more from yourself and the TEAM than you think is imaginable, this will drive change and only then will we achieve our goals.

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MAJOR FUNCTION:

To administer and control the development of product in manufacturing and appropriate manufacturing methods/processes at the most cost-effective level while meeting the quality, quantity and long term objectives of the company, assists in the maintenance of equipment tooling and facilities.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1.            Plans and coordinates production procedures, identifying process needs, improvements and changes,             and leads projects designed to implement process changes that are identified or as directed.

 

2.            Develops processes to manufacture products through effective utilization of in-house build programs,           outside vendor build programs and equipment vendors.

 

3.            Supports the tooling needs of the plan locations by developing, implementing and directing a tooling   program that includes cost effective development of new tooling, tooling modifications, tooling   vendors/suppliers and expediting to manufacturing.

 

4.            Trains and motivates a staff capable of effectively achieving established objectives.

 

5.            Responsible for the accurate and adequate storage of engineering records and documented to provide support and verification of process and product changes.

 

6.            Prepares and provides, as required, cost analysis and justification rationales for any and all engineered          changes.

 

7.            Prepares project cost estimates and budgets as required including automation equipment.

 

8.            Develops or assist in developing products using either external or internal sources and/or expertise.

 

9.            Maintains effective communications with Manufacturing, Quality Control, Material Control,                Marketing and Sample Room.

 

10.          Updates and stays current with state-of-the-art engineering procedures, processes, materials and         manufacturing techniques in order to advise and assist various departments in meeting the objectives           of the company.

 

11.          May provide recommendations for new products within company objectives.

 

12.          Performs special projects and other assignments as requires by the Engineering Manager.

 

EDUCATION:

1.            Bachelor’ s degree in Engineering, or equivalent experience with emphasis on Mfg, product, and process          engineering.

 

PREREQUISITES FOR THE JOB:

1.            High degree of organization and administrative skills.

2.           Thermoforming processing experience.

3.            Some facility/tooling background skills desired.

 

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