Plastics Extrusion Engineer - Tooling & Design

Plastics Extrusion Engineer - Tooling & Design

• 3+ years of dedicated experience designing tooling for profile, co-extrusion, and tri-extrusion in a plastics manufacturing environment are required to be considered
• Pay is up to $90,000 annually
• Must be a United States citizen or Green Card holder
• This position is onsite with no remote possibility
• Full-time
• Permanent W-2 employee
• Full benefits
• No relocation
• Kohler, Wisconsin area

This full time, permanent Plastics Extrusion Engineer - Tooling & Design is at a growing, very flexible, employee- friendly, ISO certified manufacturer of plastic extrusion products. The company makes it a priority to be current with technology. The company is financially stable and protected from economic downturns as customers are in a wide variety of industries and are located around the world. Profits are heavily reinvested in the company and it shows. They strive to have a flexible, employee friendly and clean environment. Average employee tenure is 20 years with many employees wanting to spend their entire career with the company. MasterCAM and Fusion 360 are used for design. This position could grow into a department head position, if that is of interest. The duties and responsibilities of the successful candidate should include the following:

• Creating plastic extrusion tooling designs for profile extrusion, co-extrusion and tri-extrusion
• Directing the designing, building, modifying, installing and maintaining efforts
• Assisting machine operators and machinists
• Adjusting the extrusion tooling
• Working with the manufacturing team to troubleshoot and improve production processes

The background of the successful candidate must include the following:

• 3+ years of plastic extrusion tooling design experience for profile extrusion, co-extrusion and tri-extrusion
• 3+ years of strong extrusion processing experience
• Strong extrusion processing knowledge
• A solid work history
• A US citizen or possess a green card
• A residence within 45 minutes