HILLENBRAND

Screw Design Engineer

McPherson, KS, USA Full time
Shift 1 (United States of America)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Ability to work in a team setting and independently to solve technical problems and deliver engineering solutions
  • Understand requirements and convert requirements into engineering work products
  • Respond to requests from Manufacturing, Sourcing, Quality, and other functional groups
  • Take full accountability of personal work
  • Works within set priorities for workflow
  • Develops and proposes solutions to difficult problems
  • Analyzes specifications and performance requirements to develop cost-effective designs
  • Checks designs and details for technical accuracy and recommends revisions
  • Provides technical support for manufacturing and assembly
  • Has an understanding of estimating time on tasks, setting priorities, planning short term and long-term goals, project monitoring, and time management

Education/Skills/Experience:

  • 2-5 Years of Progressive Engineering experience
  • BS Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology or equivalent combination of education/experience/training plus additional specialized training related to the position
  • General knowledge of cross-functional engineering processes
  • General knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools.
  • Proficient in MS Office tools
  • High Proficiency in learning new software.
  • Structured Decision making and documentation
  • Problem solving skills based on structured data analysis
  • Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing Principles
  • Working knowledge of metal machining practices, principles and technologies
  • Specific Technical Qualifications:
    • Working Knowledge of Creo/PDM, E1 & Windchill
    • Experience in AutoCAD and other Design Software
    • Demonstrated proficiency in mathematics
    • Awareness of machine safety/ANSI, ISO standards
  • Working knowledge of Advanced Metrology principles and practices

Travel: Minimal

Physical Demands:

To perform this job successfully, the physical demands listed are representative of those that must be met by an employee. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle and feel, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. The employee may occasionally be required to crouch. The employee may occasionally lift items as heavy as 25lbs. Specific vision abilities may include the employee’s ability to see near and far distances.

DISCLAIMER: The above information on this job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by the employee within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of any employee assigned to this job. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Who we are: 

Milacron is a global leader in the manufacture, distribution and service of highly engineered and customized systems within the $27 billion plastic technology and processing industry. We are the only global company with a full-line product portfolio that includes hot runner systems, injection molding, extrusion equipment. We maintain strong market positions across these products, as well as leading positions in process control systems, mold bases and components, maintenance, repair and operating (“MRO”) supplies for plastic processing equipment. Our strategy is to deliver highly customized equipment, components and service to our customers throughout the lifecycle of their plastic processing technology systems.


EEO: The policy of Milacron is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.  We are committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offer opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities.  If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at recruitingaccommodations@milacron.com. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.