Injection Mold Process Engineer

Throughout the Gardner family’s ownership of Superior Trim, we have made, and continue to make, significant investments to ensure that Superior Trim has all of the appropriate technologies in-house and available to produce cost-competitive, high-quality interior and exterior trim products for medium/heavy duty trucks and other commercial vehicles that our customers expect

Superior Trim is looking for a reliable self-starter to handle injection mold engineering duties for the plant.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Develop new processes and assess and document new and existing processes. Implement and evaluate changes to existing processes designed to improve product quality, productivity, and overall equipment efficiency.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to operators and other molding personnel.
• Develop and maintain process documentation ensuring that processes and procedures are clearly stated and understandable for all employees. Provide technical support/solutions to manufacturing processes, improve yield and throughput, drive cost reduction activities and improve part quality.
• Demonstrated ability to start-up, operate and shut down process related equipment. Must be able to work independently on new process development as well and troubleshooting current production issues.
• Work with equipment and material vendors to resolve machine and material issues.
• Monitor and report issues with injection molds, make recommendations for refurbishment based on production factors such as cycles, process capability and tooling history.
• Evaluate and establish new mold startup documentation and processes.
• Perform general equipment or mold maintenance, and troubleshoot and replace heater bands, fuses, nozzle tips, control cables, etc., to keep production going.
• Other duties as assigned.