Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Plastic Injection Molding

About the role

Ariston Group, a global leader in sustainable climate and water comfort, is looking for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer for its plastic injection molding operations. The role drives operational excellence, process optimization and manufacturing innovation, improving safety, quality, productivity and cost performance while supporting new product industrialization, automation and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities

• Optimize and continuously improve plastic injection molding processes for better quality, productivity and efficiency.
• Monitor and improve KPIs such as OEE, scrap, cycle time, downtime and throughput.
• Provide technical expertise in injection molding, tooling, process validation and troubleshooting.
• Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions for process, equipment and quality issues.
• Support new product introductions, industrialization and manufacturing readiness.
• Lead Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S and cost reduction initiatives.
• Work with Production, Quality, Maintenance, Planning, Supply Chain and R&D teams.
• Support mold and tooling performance through preventive maintenance and optimization.
• Identify automation and Industry 4.0 opportunities and lead CAPEX improvement projects.
• Coach engineers, technicians and production teams and promote a culture of safety and continuous improvement.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Plastics or a related technical field.
• Minimum 8 years of manufacturing engineering experience in a high-volume environment.
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience in plastic injection molding operations.
• Experience in process optimization, industrialization and continuous improvement, preferably in home appliances, automotive, consumer goods, plastics or industrial manufacturing.
• Project management experience for manufacturing equipment, tooling or automation projects.

Required skills

• Injection molding process and tooling, including hot runner systems and mold preventive maintenance, and thermoplastics such as PP, ABS, PS and PA.
• Process validation, root cause analysis and scientific molding.
• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, SMED and 5S.
• SPC, PFMEA, control plans and process capability studies.
• ERP/MES systems and manufacturing performance analytics.