Nolato Vermont · 15 hours ago
Project Engineering Manager
San Antonio, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expNolato GW, Inc. is a global leader in precision injection molding and contract manufacturing for the world’s most successful healthcare, automotive, and industrial OEMs. The Project Engineering Manager is responsible for managing all aspects of multiple injection molding projects, ensuring customer and production requirements are met while achieving targeted profit margins.
ManufacturingPlastics and Rubber Manufacturing
Responsibilities
Critiques design for injection molds for functionality and manufacturability. Plans and initiates product and mold revisions. Provides customer with input on product enhancement
Assists in the development of automation and process control concepts to ensure the lowest possible part cost and zero-defect manufacturing
Leads Cross Functional Team through design reviews and APQP process
Sources appropriate outside mold makers; obtains, negotiates, and evaluates quotations from vendors, making recommendations. Initiates purchase orders on outside molds. Visits outside mold makers to review tool construction and mold trials
Consults internally with the Nolato tool division on mold design. Provides quotations on product changes
Establishes mold maintenance schedule. Reviews, directs, and prioritizes all MCA activities
Maintains continuous improvement of tooling and troubleshooting of problematic tools
Recommend quality standards to customer and manufacturing
Supervises sample submissions
Supervises and directs Tool Room, P.M.’s, Repairs and Schedules
Qualification
Required
Excellent external and internal customer skills, including presentation skills to all levels of the customers' organizations
Able to effectively lead an internal cross-functional/departmental team
Ability to travel 20% of the time throughout the US
Must have a thorough understanding of the injection molding process and automation, with a demonstrated capability to integrate tooling into injection molding automation work cells
Strong multiple-project Program Management skills
Must possess proactive customer management skills
Mold design for injection molding, preferably in the automotive industry
Demonstrated innovation and cost effectiveness with mold design
Engineering capability, including design of experiment, troubleshooting, geometric tolerancing, SPC, and robotics
Knowledge of outside tooling vendor performance
Able to thrive in an environment characterized by high growth, participation, and change
Three to five years of experience in injection mold design and processing, preferably in the automotive field
Abreast of new technology in the mold design and manufacturing field
Preferred
CADkey knowledge and experience desired
Engineering degree desired
Benefits
Stable ownership
Collaborative culture
Professional development
Continuing education
Global opportunities
Exceptional benefits package
Company
Nolato Vermont
For over 65 years, Nolato GW has been a global leader in plastic injection molding and the contract manufacturing partner of choice for the world's most successful healthcare, automotive, and filtration companies.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknown2020-08-06Acquired
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