Senior Molding Engineer - Shift 1

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients. 

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work. 

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives— where your purpose accelerates our mission. 

Your role at Baxter

This is where your expertise helps people

You are a problem solver. Complex projects or unexpected challenges are just opportunities to bring your considerable abilities to use. Whether working independently or with a trusted team, you are always ready to tackle a project and work hard to find solutions.

Your talent is needed across a wide variety of industries. As aSenior Molding Engineer, you have a wide array of career choices, but are motivated by the opportunity to work in a company that supports innovation, professional development, and a purposeful mission.

Your team

We are a team of inquisitive individuals who embrace a collaborative environment to take on sophisticated challenges that meet the needs of our patients. We often need to change directions and respond to issues to avoid disruptions in our fast-paced manufacturing environment. Together, we build and maintain a positive work environment.

Our team is dedicated to quality. Delivering life-saving products is about getting them right, and our technical expertise and experience working in a manufacturing environment empower us to meet that challenge.

When you join us, you will work with a team of committed individuals who trust each other to deliver on the tasks at hand. We support innovation and out-of-the-box thinking balanced with collaboration across functions and other teams. Our leadership understands the need for continuous education and provides opportunities for further development.

As aSenior Molding Engineer, you will have the opportunity to lead by example, and enjoy mentoring and learning from others. Here, you are trusted to manage your own time and are given opportunities to grow your career as you wish.

What we offer from day 1:

• Vacation and Paid Holidays
• Medical, Dental, Disability and Life Insurance coverage
• Vision and Voluntary Benefits
• Paid Parental Leave
• Retirement Savings Plan – 165E
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Educational Assistance Plan

What you'll be doing

Provide engineering support to the manufacturing mold shop to achieve a proactive schedule meeting the quality requirements with the Preventive Maintenance Program. Directs and coordinates all manufacturing support shop activities, improvement projects and new equipment implementation in the Molding area to align with corporate standards.

Performs standard engineering assignments and activities by guiding the support of a Mold Shop that serves different Injection Molding Machines sets: Dryers, Mixers, Injection Machines (Hydraulic and Electric). Support is intended, but not limited to the Preventive Maintenance Program, Mold inventory and installation/removal schedule in hand with the Manufacturing Leaders and Supply Chain teams, budget/capital controls and spending reports, programming, repairs and improvements of equipment and recommendations for equipment replacement priorities aligned with suppliers sustainability, strategies team projects and business continuity.

This position directly reports to Manufacturing Manager but it will collaboratively work with Quality, OPex, Process and Product Engineering as also with the Facilities teams with a Customer oriented philosophy that will bring operational excellence to the area. It also uses Lean Manufacturing tolls and techniques to solve problems and make design recommendations under direction of manager. Assess results for application, validity and conformance to specifications.

Prepares and controls the capital working budget for Manufacturing Projects.

Use engineering tools to solve straightforward problems (e.g., PFMEA, Data analysis).

Monitor and report project costs including capital and cross-functional expenses. Estimate cost affected by design and/or policy changes. With manager, recommend capital expenditure and production methods for existing or enhanced products or processes.

With manager, formulate and recommend engineering policies and technical work in accordance with project and business objectives.

Provide supervision to engineers, technicians, technologist as day to day and as part of maintenance activities.

Write, execute and/or support SAT, FAT, IQ, and Software Validation Protocols.

What you'll bring

Minimum of BSIE or BSME and 5-7 years related experience in an Injection Molding manufacturing or Tool/Shop engineer in a closely related tooling industry.

Must have Mold Design Certificate. Good managerial and communication skills. Preferred experience with TQM methods (e.g. "six sigma"). Display a solid technical understanding of engineering principles and procedures (e.g. CAD and its application or scheduling a series of technical tasks utilizing software-based tools such as MS Project). Understand and articulate how own role ties within function or discipline. Required Demonstration of engineering principles application on individual small projects. The position involves necessary administrative process like computer systems documentation; manufacturing performance monitoring and service rendered reporting.

Bilingual: (English and Spanish). Shall have proficient written and oral communication skills.

US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees. For additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Baxter

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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