Regional Product Design Engineer
Description
Job Overview: Lead Product Design Engineering for the Western Region Rotational Molding Platform. Integrate newly developed or enhanced product, components, and systems with machine and/or assembly platforms through design, manufacturing, and validation of molded plastic components, sub-assemblies, sub-components, and full systems.
Duties and Responsibilities
This position establishes and maintains ownership for product design and works cross-functionally and externally to support customer needs.
Identify plastics capabilities and evaluate against customer requirements in the rotational molding industry.
Work in conjunction with the engineering department to meet design timelines, budgets, and financial targets.
Able to interpret customer needs and appropriately define the scope of a project.
Assist project management groups with design support to fulfill the needs of our clients.
Design and develop rotationally molded products for existing customers as well as new applications.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Strong demonstrated understanding of plastics manufacturing properties, processes, and capabilities.
Experience dealing with mold designing and production in rotational molding.
Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt, a plus
Experience working as a team member across multiple locations.
Ability to professionally engage with customers on design collaboration.
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Plastics Engineering, or related field.
Prefer a Bachelor’s or Graduate degree in product design.
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a product design for rotational molding.
Physical Requirements
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
The employee regularly is required to walk, climb or balance, and talk and hear.
The employee is occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception
