What are the responsibilities and job description for the PET Molding Application Engineer - Injection Molding position at Milacron?
Position Summary
Milacron is looking for an PET Molding Application Engineer – Injection Molding to join our team in Batavia, OH. As an Application Engineer, you will be responsible for sizing machines for new applications and collaborating with the sales teams and customers to ensure that Milacron’s equipment complements and fits the customer’s desired application, thereby ensuring optimum cycle time and reliability. You will also work closely with sales engineers, product managers, customers, and other Milacron stakeholders to ensure success during customer mold trials, sales demo mold trials, and testing of injection molding machines.
Responsibilities
Work You’ll Do:
Milacron is a global leader in the manufacture, distribution and service of highly engineered and customized systems within the $27 billion plastic technology and processing industry. We are the only global company with a full-line product portfolio that includes hot runner systems, injection molding, extrusion equipment. We maintain strong market positions across these products, as well as leading positions in process control systems, mold bases and components, maintenance, repair and operating (“MRO”) supplies for plastic processing equipment. Our strategy is to deliver highly customized equipment, components and service to our customers throughout the lifecycle of their plastic processing technology systems.
EEO: The policy of Milacron is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. We are committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offer opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at recruitingaccommodations@milacron.com. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
Milacron is looking for an PET Molding Application Engineer – Injection Molding to join our team in Batavia, OH. As an Application Engineer, you will be responsible for sizing machines for new applications and collaborating with the sales teams and customers to ensure that Milacron’s equipment complements and fits the customer’s desired application, thereby ensuring optimum cycle time and reliability. You will also work closely with sales engineers, product managers, customers, and other Milacron stakeholders to ensure success during customer mold trials, sales demo mold trials, and testing of injection molding machines.
Responsibilities
Work You’ll Do:
- Responsible for installing customer molds and tooling to demonstrate machines for customer acceptance, sales demonstrations and validation testing
- Become familiar with all Milacron control systems, dryer systems, hot runner, auxiliaries, customer tooling, etc.
- Ability to train customers on machine operation, setup and optimization
- Energy testing and Recovery rate testing
- Advise and support sales and customers in the selection of the correct equipment for specific applications
- Communicate with sales force and customers in a professional manner
- Complete and document machine/processing testing
- Assist the work of engineering, Technical Service engineer/manager to collect data for machine sizing
- Be a resource for NPD on new machine designs
- Participate in the design and execution of quality assurance/ reliability improvement activities
- Ability to travel for customer training, machine/cycle optimization and support field installations
- Ability to travel for trade shows for setup/teardown and during the show
- Ability to lift or move up to 50 pounds
- Ability to work around moving equipment, fork trucks, cranes, heavy equipment, etc.
- Ability to work flexible hours on short notice
- Write and / or present regular process reports to the team leaders and other internal clients
- Ability to multitask and handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Proficiency in the use of PC based applications, including Microsoft Office.
- Understanding of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and thermodynamic systems
- Mechanical and electrical aptitude and knowledge of molding/tooling is preferred
- Ability to perform work in accordance with safety standards at all times
- Proficiency with SPC software
- Data analysis and interpretations skills
- Proficient with
- Excel PowerPoint
- Word Auto Cad
- 2 Year Degree in Engineering Technology (or related field), bachelor's degree preferred
Milacron is a global leader in the manufacture, distribution and service of highly engineered and customized systems within the $27 billion plastic technology and processing industry. We are the only global company with a full-line product portfolio that includes hot runner systems, injection molding, extrusion equipment. We maintain strong market positions across these products, as well as leading positions in process control systems, mold bases and components, maintenance, repair and operating (“MRO”) supplies for plastic processing equipment. Our strategy is to deliver highly customized equipment, components and service to our customers throughout the lifecycle of their plastic processing technology systems.
EEO: The policy of Milacron is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. We are committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offer opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at recruitingaccommodations@milacron.com. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
