Job description

Senior Manufacturing Engineer
CIVCO’s success is built by passionate employees who help create innovative, life-enhancing solutions. We like to celebrate our successes and promote a positive, enjoyable work environment. If these are key values you are looking for, CIVCO is a perfect match. Challenge Yourself. Change Lives.
The Opportunity
The Senior Manufacturing Engineer will lead cross-functional teams to execute large strategic injection molding product development and process programs aligned with Operations Leadership priorities. Specifically, this role will tackle injection molding capacity and capability improvements, injection molding cost out initiatives, injection molding related improvements to quality, improvements to injection molding related processes, and injection molding related capital investment projects.
How You’ll Work:
The Senior Manufacturing Engineer is based out of our production facility located in Kalona, until early 2025 when we will be relocating to a new facility in Coralville.
What You’ll Do:

• Help to identify and/or shepherd new injection molding continuous improvement opportunities to boost profitability

• Provide injection molding technical leadership, employing the full injection molding technical toolbox to promote injection molding industry standard methodologies and develop problem solving capabilities across the businesses injection molding functions

• Collaborate with key business partners to lead projects by deploying structured problem solving to improve injection molding processes and eliminate waste
• Motivate and drive cross-functional team performance toward achieving the common goal of completing projects according to the defined objectives, on budget and on time
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to tool designers, process technicians, operators and other molding personnel

What You Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5+ years in technical injection molding experience
• Project management experience (PMP preferred but not required) and/or Lean Six Sigma Certification
• ‘Hands on’ track record applying injection molding fundamentals such as: plastic material processing guidelines, mold design and fabrication, mold processing and optimization, plastic part design best practices, tooling routine and preventative maintenance, injection molding press operation and optimization
• Demonstrated interpersonal, organizational and time management skills

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Passion for driving improvement and leading change
• History of success leading, prioritizing, and implementing multiple projects simultaneously
• Familiarity with manufacturing processes such as packaging, warehouse, machining, and medium to small size product assembly
• Experience working with remote sites, employees, and customers
• Experience with low-volume and high-volume injection molding, including working with injection molding machines and/or cobots.
• Knowledge of the injection molding process and the ability to troubleshoot plastic defects

• History of providing engineering support in the design, documentation, and implementation of manufacturing processes for operating facilities as required to improve process capability, reliability, consistency, and throughput

• Experience with business processes including stage gated development processes, order entry, ERP systems, change management systems
• Experience with ISO 13485 & 9001, FDA, European, and MHLW requirements, including but not limited to process validation
• Experience with Windchill, Creo Parametric, Solidworks, AutoCAD, and moldflow simulation softwares

What You’ll Get:
At CIVCO, we empower our associates at all levels to grow their careers while furthering our mission to make image-guided medical procedures safer. Our core values are embodied in everything we do. They are apparent in our company culture and in the people who choose to build their careers here.
We offer competitive compensation with performance bonuses and a complete benefits package including a company sponsored health plan and 401k plans with company matching starting day one, lifestyle and tuition reimbursements, paid leave, and the advantages of an environment that supports your development and recognizes your achievements.
What are you waiting for?
Apply today! Visit CIVCO.com/careers for more information.
Who Are We?
For more than 40 years CIVCO Medical Solutions has been committed to positively impacting patient care through the design, manufacturing and marketing of products and services for the medical device community. Our state-of-the-art imaging and positioning solutions provide hospitals and clinicians with new and improved methods for diagnosing and treating patients around the world. CIVCO’s history of success is built on the people who are passionate about creating an organization that drives innovative life enhancing solutions. Learn more at www.CIVCO.com.
CIVCO is an equal opportunity employer and strongly supports diversity in the workplace. We believe that diverse ideas, opinions and perspectives will build a strong foundation for success.
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*Experience*
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• Experience with ISO 13485 & 9001, FDA, European, and MHLW requirements, including but not limited to process validation
• 5 year(s): Technical injection molding experience

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Location: Kalona,Iowa,52247,United States, Kalona, IA 52247

Location: Kalona,Iowa,52247,United States, Kalona, IA 52247

Job Type: Full-time

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