Product Development Engineer

Silgan Plastics Corporation • Ottawa, OH • 1d ago

For more than 50 years, Silgan Plastics has defined the plastic bottling industry from technical innovation to creative packaging solutions. No matter what your packaging needs, Silgan can and will handle them. From creation to commercialization, our customized approach to each customer's requirements is what sets us apart from the rest.
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:
New & Continuous Improvement Product Development, working with the team in the plant to achieve project objectives by communicating, evaluating processes, data and utilizing product development standard operating procedures to optimize process and product performance. Support plant operations by identifying processes not meeting efficiency & Quality standards and actively support the plants teams to develop solutions. Participate in identifying plant training needs and provide technical training to plant associates.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
New Mold Project Development
Team technical lead resource for New Product development projects. Key tasks include resolving issues related to package design and performance while working to maximize achieving project objectives.
Communicate project related issues promptly to the Technology Manager and Project Manager
Lead projects in accordance with Project Management Standard Operating Procedures, including:
Internal design review
Mold engineering review
Facilitate purchase of correct mold and ancillary tooling
Coordinate new mold cut-ins with plant teams
Establish acceptance criteria for new mold projects
Report active project status
Review mold cut-in data in accordance with acceptance criteria to determine next steps
Follow all corporate system requirements to track & report project status (for example: Mold Checklists, Tool Requests, Quality Acceptance Criteria, Drawing or Model Requests, Mold Evaluation Reports, Sample Requests,.....)
Support Pricing with 'preliminary' NPD evaluation and project cost information for Quotations as directed by the Technology Manager
Plant Technical Support and Process Improvement
Identify processes not meeting expected efficiency & Quality performance
Provide technical guidance and actively support the plants with processes not meeting expected efficiency & Quality results
Provide daily on-site guidance & support to the plant teams as technical problems occur
Work additional hours as required through the week or occasional weekend as required to support trials and plant qualifications of Project Development activities
Minimal travel required up to 10%
Participate in identifying plant training needs and provide documented technical training to plant Machine Operators & Technicians
Other tasks as assigned by the Technology Manager
AUTHORITY LEVEL (if applicable):
EDUCATION:
Required:
Technical education, certification or documented training in the area of product development engineering.
Preferred:
Technical Degree or significant course work is preferred.
EXPERIENCE:
Required:
Prior technical/mechanical experience. Previous work experience should include at least 5 years of hands-on
plastics processing and related product development experience.
Preferred:
At least 5 years of hands-on experience in product development and processing blowmolded plastic containers,
preferably on the processes Silgan utilizes.
PREFERRED SKILLS:
Understanding of plastic materials and test methods
Strong understanding of manufacturing platforms for containers
Extrusion Blow Molding
Injection Stretch Blow Molding
Ability to evaluate bottle processes and data provide guidance for improvements
Tooling design experience is a major plus
Ability to manage and maintain multiple product development projects
Understanding of statistical tools for evaluation of pr

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