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Plastics Engineer – Medical Device Manufacturing

About the Role

We are seeking a hands-on Plastics Engineer to support the development, optimisation, and improvement of manufacturing processes within a medical device environment. This role will focus on driving technical excellence across production processes, with particular emphasis on plastics processing, injection moulding, tooling, process validation, and continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will work closely with manufacturing teams, quality, engineering, and external partners to ensure robust, capable, and compliant production processes. This is a highly technical role suited to an engineer who enjoys troubleshooting, process optimisation, and working directly with manufacturing operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, optimise, and troubleshoot manufacturing processes, with a focus on plastic components and injection moulding processes
• Support process improvements to increase quality, efficiency, yield, and manufacturing capability
• Lead technical investigations and root cause analysis for process issues and production challenges
• Support process validation activities including IQ/OQ/PQ and process qualification
• Work with tooling teams and suppliers on mould design, modifications, and process improvements
• Apply engineering principles including DOE, FMEA, SPC, and process capability analysis
• Collaborate with Quality Engineering to ensure compliance with medical device standards and documentation requirements
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies
• Provide technical support on the manufacturing floor and work closely with production teams to resolve issues

Required Experience & Skills

• 2-4 years of experience
• Experience working as a Supplier Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, or Plastics Engineer.
• Hands-on experience with plastic processing and injection moulding
• Understanding of process validation and regulated manufacturing environments
• Knowledge of tools such as PFMEA, SPC, DOE, root cause analysis, and CAPA
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Engineering, Quality, Production, and suppliers

Desirable Experience

• Experience within the medical device, pharmaceutical, automotive, or other highly regulated manufacturing industries
• Knowledge of ISO 13485, GMP, and cleanroom manufacturing environments
• Experience supporting tooling development and supplier technical discussions
• Lean Six Sigma qualification or continuous improvement experience

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on innovative medical device products
• A technically challenging engineering environment with exposure to advanced manufacturing processes
• Career development opportunities within a growing engineering organisation
• Collaborative culture focused on quality, innovation, and continuous improvement