Senior Engineer, Manufacturing Process- Plastics
SmartCover Systems
Badger Meter - Where Every Drop Counts and So Do You
At Badger Meter, we're more than a leading global water technology company - we're innovators with a mission: to preserve and protect the world's most precious resource. For over 120 years, our trusted solutions have enabled our customers to optimize the delivery and use of water, maximize revenue and reduce waste.
Every employee at Badger Meter is an important part of our success. Here, your work doesn't just move a business forward - it shapes a more sustainable future. We are committed to building a workplace where we celebrate differences, empower voices, and encourage fresh ideas that drive innovation.
When you join us, you'll find:
Purpose-driven work that makes a real difference in communities around the globe.
Career growth and development opportunities designed to help you achieve your potential.
A supportive, inclusive culture where collaboration and creativity thrive.
Be part of something bigger. At Badger Meter, your contributions will ripple far beyond the workplace - creating lasting change for people and the planet.
What You Will Contribute:
The Senior Manufacturing Process Engineer supports product support issues, customer troubleshooting, and validation testing. The Sr. Engineer defines test plans and supports product implementations. The incumbent applies engineering fundamentals to define test scenarios and troubleshoot and analyze tolerances on design. The Sr. Engineer must have the willingness and ability to learn, work effectively in a multi-discipline team, and demonstrate effective problem-solving initiative, and motivation.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:
Perform tool tryouts and qualify new injection molds. Perform product and design verification tests.
Initiate and implement engineering change requests. Assist in defining test plans/production implementations. Coordinate and drive multi-disciplined teams to implement engineering changes and new tooling.
Review equipment and tooling performance and initiate continuous improvements, including business cases for new capital assets
Develop and manage training programs for Molding Technicians
Assist purchasing with make vs. buy analysis, along with tool and part procurement. Develop financial analysis and justification of new processes and equipment and initiate capital asset requests for such equipment.
Work with schedulers and production to qualify molds to run in multiple injection molding machines and develop best practices and standards for qualifying parts.
Conduct repeatability and reproducibility experiments of plastic injection molding processes to investigate manufacturing improvements related to quality control.
Record test procedures and results, both numerical and graphical data, and recommend changes in process, product or test method based on the data. Analyze test results about design or rated specifications and make modifications.
Identify problems relating to the product because of the manufacturing process and collaborate with operations and quality to identify issues and troubleshoot.
Develop plastic processing project instructions to determine procedures, objectives, test equipment, and the nature of technical problems. Write product work instructions and process documents.
Apply project management process and tools to manufacturing-based projects to ensure projects meet cost and timing objectives. Coordinate project scope, budgets and timelines.
Apply Badger Meter safety policies to all projects and equipment.
Effectively use appropriate quality techniques to assure the highest possible product quality.
Research safe, reliable, and cost-effective equipment and processes that assure products are produced at established safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives; offer suggestions for process improvements.
QUALIFICATIONS:
8+ or more years of related experience- Injection molding or plastics manufacturing knowledge
Up to 2 years of formal post-high school specialized trade, technical school, or college
Master Molder-1 certification or equivalent
Journeyman- injection molding or related plastics discipline
Knowledge of engineered resin
Ability to analyze tolerances on a design
Ability to read and comprehend engineering drawings (Preferred)
Ability to apply engineering fundamentals to test scenarios (Preferred)
Ability to operate on a manufacturing floor as applicable (Preferred)
Working Conditions:
Depending on the assigned department, must complete an audiogram test
Competitive Total Rewards at Badger Meter:
Competitive Pay
Annual Bonus
Eligible for Annual Pay Increases
Comprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage
15 days Paid Time Off + 11 Paid Holidays
Two Ways to Save for Retirement: Badger Meter contributes 25 cents for every dollar you contribute to the plan, up to 7% of your eligible compensation. In addition to the match, the company will also contribute 5% of your eligible compensation to your Defined Contribution account on an annual basis. Additional access to a certified financial planner to help ensure your money is working for you, at no cost!
Employer Paid benefits including: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Basic Group Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, and more
Educational Assistance – Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250
Voluntary benefits including: Additional Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness coverage
Health Savings Account (HSA) & Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Applicants can learn more about their rights regarding equal opportunity in employment by viewing the federal "EEO is the Law" poster and the “EEO is the Law” poster supplement at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm
Badger Meter complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local disability laws. This means that we will reasonably accommodate qualified employees with a disability if accommodation would allow them to perform the essential functions of their job, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.
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