Plastics Engineer

Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology company committed to developing innovative and smart technology solutions to the world’s water and energy utility challenges. The Company’s products and services move, treat, analyze, monitor and return water to the environment in public utility, industrial, residential and commercial building services, and agricultural settings. With its November 2016 acquisition of Sensus, Xylem added smart metering, network technologies and advanced data analytics to its portfolio of solutions for water, gas and electric utilities. Headquartered in Rye Brook, New York with 2016 revenue of $3.8 billion, Xylem does business in more than 150 countries through a number of market-leading product brands. The Company’s nearly 16,000 employees bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on identifying comprehensive, sustainable solutions.

Sensus, a Xylem brand, helps a wide range of public service providers – from utilities to cities to industrial complexes and campuses – do more with their infrastructure to improve quality of life in their communities. We enable our customers to reach farther through the application of technology and data-driven insights that deliver efficiency and responsiveness. We partner with them to anticipate and respond to evolving business needs with innovation in sensing and communications technologies, data analytics and services. Learn more at sensus.com and follow @SensusGlobal on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

The Role:Sensus, a Xylem brand, seeks to hire a Plastics Engineer who will be responsible for support of processes related to the Plastics Injection Molding Department.

Primary Objectives

To support new injection molded part development

To develop and assist in procurement of new manufacturing processes

To support existing injection molding manufacturing

To work as a member on Six Sigma teams

To ensure safe manufacturing practices

Assist in the resolution of quality problems

Job Responsibilities

Include the following but not limited to:

Aiding in the design, manufacture, and maintenance of mold tooling

Assisting mold setup personnel in new product tryouts

Assisting mold setup and Quality Dept. with correcting product defects

Investigating, specifying and developing new manufacturing processes

Assisting in the procurement of new technologies and equipment

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

4 years of Plastics Injection Molding experience

Experience in mold design, building, and maintenance of tools

Machine shop experience

Experience with Scientific Decoupled Molding

Supervisory experience preferred

Mold flow Analysis

Product Design and Development

Ability to analyze Engineering drawings and assist mold designers with new mold specifications

Ability to setup molding process specifications

Ability to analyze molding defects using various gaging and possess the knowledge to troubleshoot the molding process to correct defects

Have a working knowledge of ProE and AutoCad

Must be familiar with Microsoft Office products

Ability to communicate effectively both orally and with written communications.

Ability to train others

EOE/Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Disabled

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