Manufacturing Engineer - Injection Moulding

Manufacturing Engineer - Injection Moulding (m/f/d)

Environment:

The candidate got the opportunity to Join a team of Injection Moulding engineers to drive improvements in one of the most advanced manufacturing sites of Europe. He will contribute to produce multi-millions of advanced plastic products for Philips Royal.

P art of Production Engineering. A young, skilled and highly motivated team that supports the Operations departments and drives continuous improvement in the Philips organization. Eager to learn attitude and willingness to adopt good new things. The overall Production Engineering team has some 50 colleagues. Besides of being part of Production Engineering, the candidate will become a team member within the Moulding department.

Responsibilities:

• Driving Operational Excellence where problem-solving, teamwork, and leadership results in continuous improvement in the Philips organization

• Focusing on the customers needs, keeping the employees positive and empowered, and continually improving the current activities in the workplace

• developing and maintaining manufacturing processes, workflows and equipment

• this team enables the Operations department to achieve its goals and satisfy customers needs

• Besides that, the team is working on the factory of the future by continuously improving processes and by extending capabilities with innovative new processes

• responsible for transferring new products to the factory for (mass)production, by developing efficient manufacturing processes, taking into account all possible risks.

• This is achieved through good cooperation with the Site Manufacturing Engineering team and other stakeholders in the organization

• Diagnose equipment failures, collect data to identify root causes and develop sustainable solutions

• Oversee operator instructions, critical parameters, checklists, training materials and training plans for all moulding operations

• recommended needed processes, technical expertise, and tooling for optimization of production runs

• Lead process development of the injection molding process through parameter optimization, DOE experiments, and trials that will lead to a robust process

• Work closely with Site Manufacturing Engineering teams to define requirements and implement new innovations

• Continuous improvement projects at department level

• Represents Operations in multi-disciplinary teams

• Introduces new products from Development to Operations

• Specifies requirements from Operations

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in an engineering discipline (preferably: mechanical engineering or chemistry)

• Big plus: completed with an education in the area of plastic part making, moulding and/or moulds)

• eager to learn more of the current moulding processes and all what is needed to run and to improve production

• capable of transforming knowledge into practical actions

• root cause analysis skills

• Problem solving and projects are mostly run in multi-disciplinary teams

• capable to lead a team

• Good communication skills in Dutch and English is required

• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Improvement techniques is an advantage

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