Job Description

Injection Molding Supervisor

Location: Fort Worth, TX

Industry: Precision Polymer Optics

Salary: $75,000 - $95,000 per year

Relocation: Considered for qualified candidates

Start Date: Immediate

Position Summary:

We are seeking a technically strong Injection Molding Supervisor to lead a key production area manufacturing high-precision polymer optics.

This position combines hands-on injection-molding expertise with team leadership, training, production planning and daily shop coordination. The successful candidate will take ownership of departmental performance, improve scheduling and ensure the team consistently follows established processes, quality standards and production priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

•Lead daily operations within the injection-molding department.

•Coordinate production schedules, staffing, machine capacity and priorities.

•Maintain clear visibility over current production and upcoming requirements.

•Set up, operate and troubleshoot injection-molding machines and auxiliary equipment.

•Diagnose molding defects, process variation and equipment problems.

•Establish and optimise parameters including temperature, pressure, speed, cooling and cycle time.

•Lead mold changes, process start-ups and new-tool trials.

•Train and develop technicians and operators on processes, procedures and quality requirements.

•Ensure employees consistently follow work instructions and documented processes.

•Monitor productivity, quality, scrap, downtime and on-time delivery.

•Anticipate production constraints and implement corrective plans before schedules are affected.

•Partner with engineering, tooling, quality and planning teams.

•Support process validation, root-cause analysis and continuous-improvement projects.

•Maintain production, process and quality documentation.

•Ensure compliance with clean-environment, contamination-control and safety procedures.

Required Qualifications:

•Significant hands-on injection-molding experience.

•Previous leadership, supervisory or team-lead experience.

•Strong knowledge of machine setup, mold changes and process troubleshooting.

•Ability to identify and correct common molding defects.

•Experience planning production and coordinating competing priorities.

•Strong organisational skills and forward-planning ability.

•Experience training employees and enforcing standard procedures.

•Ability to interpret process documentation, drawings and quality specifications.

•Strong communication, accountability and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Experience:

•Injection molding within a cleanroom or controlled environment.

•Optical molding or other high-precision plastic components.

•Optical metrology and surface-quality inspection.

•Compression molding.

•Processing acrylics, optical polymers, silicone or engineering-grade resins.

•Tight-tolerance medical, semiconductor, defence or scientific products.

•Statistical process control, process validation and lean manufacturing.

•Production scheduling, ERP or manufacturing-planning systems.

You should be proficient in:

• PLC Troubleshooting Skills
• Mechanical Troubleshooting Skills
• Pneumatics Experience
• Hydraulics Experience
• Electrical Installation
• Electrical Troubleshooting
• Electrical / Electronic Systems
• Electrical Schematic Reading
• Injection Molding Experience

Machines & technologies you'll use:

• Injection Molding Machine