Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

Since 1969, Creative Foam has been a leading supplier of cellular and non-cellular foam and plastic products for customers in the automotive, medical and composite markets. We have manufacturing locations nation-wide and in Mexico. Our longevity and success are attributable to our innovative people, an abiding passion for quality and an unwavering commitment to our customers. Find your home at Creative Foam!

• Safe working environments

• World class benefits

• Medical, dental, vision plans and flexible spending accounts

• Company paid short term disability, long term disability, and AD&D insurance

• 401k with employer match

• Generous holiday and vacation allotments

• Dependent scholarship program

• Wellness program

• Referral program

Pay commensurate with education and experience.

Creative Foam wants to be a great service provider to our customers.

We recognize we can only do that if we are a great employer.

Our success is driven by the success of our employees.

Our culture focuses on these four core values:

• Be Inclusive-Make a difference as a TEAM, work collaboratively and support others in our effort to greatness.
  
  Constantly strive for perfection and quickly learn from our mistakes.

• Be Inventive-Never stop learning and push the TEAM to strive towards sustained excellence.
  
  Aim to provide our customers with the most creative solutions in the market.

• Be Responsible-Maintain an equitable relationship with our customers, employees, stakeholders and communities as we develop as a TEAM.

• Be Relentless-Demand more from yourself and the TEAM than you think is imaginable, this will drive change and only then will we achieve our goals.

The Advanced Manufacturing Engineer leads the development and implementation of manufacturing processes, capital equipment, automation, tooling interfaces, and production systems for thermoformed, polyurethane (PUR), foam-molded, and assembled products. Working across operations, quality, product development, tooling, maintenance, and external suppliers, this role industrializes new products and improves safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

This position translates product and business requirements into production-ready manufacturing solutions. Responsibilities span process concept development, equipment specification and sourcing, line layout, supplier management, installation, commissioning, validation, launch, and continuous improvement.

Reasonable accommodations may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Develop manufacturing concepts, process flows, equipment requirements, labor plans, capacity models, material-flow strategies, and line layouts for new products and programs.

• Support tooling Design for Manufacturability (DFM) reviews as the secondary manufacturing and industrialization representative, providing input on process requirements, equipment integration, production readiness, quality, capacity, and operational risk.

• Support the plant in planning and executing process trials, pilot builds, capability studies, run-at-rate activities, equipment validation, production-readiness reviews, and production launches.

• Specify, source, justify, and implement capital equipment, automation systems, tooling-related equipment, and supporting utilities.

• Develop equipment Requests for Quotation (RFQs) and Statements of Work (SOWs) defining technical requirements, scope, deliverables, responsibilities, timing, acceptance criteria, and change-control requirements.

• Evaluate supplier proposals, prepare capital justifications and return-on-investment analyses, and manage machine builders, automation integrators, contractors, and equipment suppliers to approved scope, budget, and timing.

• Lead design reviews, factory and site acceptance testing (FAT/SAT), installation, commissioning, operator and maintenance training, run-off, and final equipment acceptance.

• Provide technical leadership for thermoforming and vacuum forming, PUR metering and dispensing, flexible and rigid foam molding, trimming, routing, bonding, robotic handling, vision inspection, and material handling systems.

• Provide hands-on engineering support during equipment launch, production ramp-up, process changes, and…