Process
Enginnering
Manager
About The Company
Established in 1992, our client is a leader in providing passive components for high density optical interconnects. The company was founded to expand the use of MT style multifiber technology through the design, manufacturing, and sales of high precision fiber optic components.
Today their brands span the globe, delivering cost effective technology solutions for data center and enterprise structured cabling, public networks, circuit board interconnect, and industrial and military markets worldwide.
Your Unique Role
The Process Engineering Manager leads a team of engineers and technicians to establish, document, implement and maintain capable injection molding processes thru structured study and the application of scientific molding principles. Responsibilities include delivery of processes for new injection molding tooling introductions as well as support of existing tooling through cost reductions and process capability improvements. In addition, the role will:
- Manage a team of up to 10 process engineers and technicians across three shifts, operating 24 hours per day, 5 days per week (occasional weekend work, when necessary, less than 5%).
- Collaborate directly with quality control, tooling and molding maintenance teams to establish short- and long-term Process Development priorities
- Coordinate and delegate daily activities and duties to team members: approve timecards; track in-house training of employees; coordinate safety training; create detailed disciplinary reports
- Partner with product and tooling design engineering teams to deliver new injection molding tools to manufacturing
- Ensure the use of structured experimentation to validate injection molding tool modifications and repairs
- Develop and implement systems to ensure rigorous Process Standardization and Control in a high-volume production environment including process documentation and documentation management
- Works with the Director of Engineering to ensure the long-term health of the Process Development team thru training and knowledge development, Talent Planning, and succession planning
- Travel: 0-25%, primarily domestic
What Is In It For You
- Base compensation and variable bonuses are part of every employee’s package.
- They offer employees a unique combination of competitive compensation and benefit programs, team-based work environment and an opportunity to have a career at a company that makes a difference to their customers every day.
Seeking a Candidate With:
To be successful in this critical role, ideal candidates have gained 1-2 years’ experience in a similar role in an industrial/manufacturing company. Additionally, you will need:
- A Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline is strongly preferred
- American Injection Molding Institute (AIM) certification a strong plus.
- Demonstrated ability to lead a technical team to deliver products and/or processes within aggressive timelines meeting challenging requirements
- Demonstrated ability to implement controlled molding processes into a production manufacturing environment
- Experience with lot number traceability, engineering grade resins, and specification driven processes.
- Experience in the use of molding simulation software, Moldex3D preferred
- Expert in injection molding equipment; specifying, upgrading, repairing, maintaining, PM systems.
- Expert in plant injection molding auxiliary equipment; mold water/oil heaters, hot manifold systems, screws, barrels, ceramic barrel heater bands, material drying and conveying, dew-point meters, etc.
Location Information
Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly 350 square miles into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According to a 2022 United States census estimate, Fort Worth's population was 958,692. Fort Worth is the second-largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, which is the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the United States.
The city of Fort Worth was established in 1849 as an army outpost on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River. Fort Worth has historically been a center of the Texas Longhorn cattle trade.[10] It still embraces its Western heritage and traditional architecture and design. USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) is the first ship of the United States Navy named after the city. Nearby Dallas has held a population majority as long as records have been kept, yet Fort Worth has become one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century, nearly doubling its population since 2000.
Fort Worth is the location of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and several museums designed by contemporary architects. The Kimbell Art Museum was designed by Louis Kahn, with an addition designed by Renzo Piano. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth was designed by Tadao Ando. The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, designed by Philip Johnson, houses American art. The Sid Richardson Museum, redesigned by David M. Schwarz, has a collection of Western art in the U.S., emphasizing Frederic Remington and Charles Russell. The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History was designed by Ricardo Legorreta of Mexico.
Fort Worth is the location of several university communities: Texas Christian University, Texas Wesleyan, University of North Texas Health Science Center, and Texas A&M University School of Law. Several multinational corporations, including Bell Textron, American Airlines, BNSF Railway, and Chip 1 Exchange are headquartered in Fort Worth.
