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The prospective candidate will be expected to work in production environments wearing many hats throughout the day.\n\n*Key responsibilities:*\n\n_Plastics Engineer_\n\n* Work with suppliers of materials, equipment, and services to execute projects, resolve problems, and improve processes to increase productivity, reduce scrap and excess usage, improve quality, and enhance safety.\n* Select, design, and modify tooling, fixtures and equipment as necessary to improve safety, quality, throughput and productivity.\n* Optimize production processes to deliver cost savings, improve quality, and support new product introduction.\n* Identify and prioritize process improvement opportunities throughout the manufacturing facility; focusing on increasing productivity, reduce scrap and excess usage, improve quality, and enhance safety.\n* Provide technical product support to sales team for customer concerns.\n* Work with Sales and Marketing team to develop and support new products and marketing.\n\n_Production / Warehouse_\n\n* Lead cleanout, startup, changeovers, and shutdowns on the production lines as required.\n* Operate production lines where needed for production and sampling requests.\n* Perform on-line product quality inspections, identify quality issues, and troubleshoot as necessary. Report non-conformances and assist management with technical issues.\n* Perform maintenance activities on production lines and supporting equipment within facilities.\n* Operate supporting equipment such as pallet jacks and forklifts when needed.\n* Receive and process warehouse stock products. Pick and wrap orders for shipment.\n* Adhere to safety management standards and identify workplace safety hazards. Wear and utilize personal protective equipment (PPE) as required and comply with procedures, rules, and regulations. Keep a clean and safe working environment and optimize space utilization.\n* Perform inventory audits and maintenance checks regularly making management aware if items are needed.\n* Communicate and cooperate with supervisors and coworkers.\n* Ability to lift 55-pound bags.\n\nBasic knowledge of Microsoft Office desired – Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and ability to work with the data to generate periodic reports as needed. Knowledge of general plastic processing required.\n\nEducation: Bachelor's degree in Plastics Engineering or Polymer Science.\n\n_*CORE Elastomers Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.*_\n\n_All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, military and/or veteran, status, or any other Federal or State legally-protected classes._\n\nPay: $50,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year\n\nBenefits:\n* Paid time off\n\nWork Location: In person","company":"Core Elastomers","rawCompany":"core elastomers","city":"New Castle","state":"NH","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-08T08:55:01.572Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-2041.00","title":"Chemical Engineers","slug":"chemical-engineers"},{"code":"17-2112.00","title":"Industrial Engineers","slug":"industrial-engineers"},{"code":"17-2112.03","title":"Manufacturing Engineers","slug":"manufacturing-engineers"}],"industries":[{"code":"326199","title":"All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing","slug":"all-other-plastics-product-manufacturing"},{"code":"325211","title":"Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing","slug":"plastics-material-and-resin-manufacturing"},{"code":"326121","title":"Unlaminated Plastics Profile Shape Manufacturing","slug":"unlaminated-plastics-profile-shape-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Entry Level Plastics Process Engineer","description":"*Job description*: We are a fast-growing family run business specializing in Thermoplastic Elastomers resin compounding looking for a Plastics Process Engineer to join our team. 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