Your Job
As a Production Engineer (Molding), you will oversee and coordinate daily production activities to ensure efficient, timely, and high-quality manufacturing output. You will support the achievement of production targets, maintain safety and quality standards, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
Our Team
You will report to the Molding Manager and work closely with Production, Maintenance, Materials, Quality, Planning, Warehouse, HR, Finance, MIS, Sales, and vendor control teams. You will also lead and support Assistant Supervisors, Production Leaders, Manufacturing Assistants, Manufacturing Specialists, and Operators.
What You Will Do
- Oversee production line activities to achieve quality, output, and delivery targets.
- Coordinate with Planning and Toolmakers to ensure timely completion of production orders.
- Lead, train, coach, and evaluate production team members to drive performance and compliance.
- Monitor production processes, troubleshoot issues, and minimise downtime and defects.
- Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations.
- Maintain accurate production records and prepare management reports.
- Collaborate with Maintenance and Quality teams to resolve production-related issues.
- Implement continuous improvement initiatives to optimise efficiency and reduce waste.
- Align production schedules with customer demand and business requirements.
- Conduct daily production meetings to communicate targets, priorities, safety reminders, and updates.
- Perform safety checks and ensure compliance with PPE and safety procedures.
- Take corrective actions when production or quality targets are not met.
- Assign tasks, manage attendance, and provide on-the-job coaching to team members.
- Identify and implement improvements to workflows, layouts, and operating methods.
- Monitor molding KPIs and drive productivity improvements.
- Ensure compliance with SOPs and work instructions.
- Improve operational efficiency through optimisation of headcount utilisation, operator-to-machine ratios, and manufacturing performance.
- Drive efforts to reduce customer complaints and improve product quality.
- Support company initiatives related to Social Responsibility, TS16949, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, TQM, Six Sigma, and Kaizen.
- Lead waste reduction, COPQ, cost-saving, and value creation initiatives.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Production Manager.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor's Degree in Manufacturing, Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes and injection molding operations.
- Experience with Scientific Moulding, Process Optimisation, PFMEA, Control Plans, and Root Cause Analysis tools (8D, 5 Why, Fishbone).
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, OEE/POEE improvement, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Experience using SAP, MES, Fusion OpsCenter, or similar manufacturing systems.
- Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, project management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Knowledge of safety practices, quality systems, waste reduction, COPQ, and cost-saving initiatives.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Experience in high-volume injection molding operations.
- Hands-on experience driving productivity, efficiency, and process improvement initiatives.
- Experience implementing Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or other continuous improvement projects.
- Knowledge of TS16949, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and TQM requirements.
- Familiarity with Hi-Coat processes and advanced molding technologies.
- Proven success in delivering cost-saving and value creation projects.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Who We Are
As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
