Plastic Process Engineer (Injection Molding & Extrusion)

About the role

Baxter is looking for an engineer to develop and improve plastic processes at its Haina plant, covering injection molding and extrusion. The role supports transferred projects from other facilities, corporate plastic projects, and value improvement initiatives, while keeping processes aligned with quality standards and regulations.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and improve plastic processes to meet quality standards at the lowest possible cost.
• Support transferred projects from other facilities and corporate plastic projects.
• Analyze process and data to identify situations and root causes, and perform process validations with local or external engineering resources.
• Elaborate, review and keep up to date operational procedures and manufacturing sequences for plastic parts in line with internal and external regulations.
• Purchase and develop equipment, machines, tools and fixtures for injection molding and extrusion, and help maintain plastic equipment.
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to identify quality issues and support the "Process Production Data Collection" system and process improvements.
• Apply project management principles to process changes and support Quality Improvement Plans.
• Assist local and divisional engineering projects, implement small Value Improvement Projects, and support non-conformance investigations and audits.
• Support onboarding of new plastic team members.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in industrial engineering.
• 3 years of experience in injection molding.
• Bilingual Spanish and English, oral and written.
• Universal molding certification of RJG preferred.

Required skills

• Full computer knowledge (MS Office suite, MS Project).
• Knowledge of software such as PowerPoint and Excel.
• Project management and problem-solving abilities; ability to work under pressure and handle ambiguity.