Protekz is hiring a Head – Plastic Injection Moulding to lead our moulding shop for precision automotive components.

? Location: Peenya, Bengaluru | Full-time, on-site | Reports to AGM Productions

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? PAY & BENEFITS

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- Salary: based on experience
- Annual salary increments
- Promotion-based salary growth
- 15 days of annual paid leave
- Provident Fund (PF)
- Employee State Insurance (ESI), as applicable
- Group health insurance for you, your spouse and two children
- Subsidised breakfast, lunch and dinner

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⭐ WHAT'S GREAT IN THIS JOB

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You won't just run a moulding shop. You'll shape how Protekz moulds.

- Lead a team of Plastic Technology professionals and grow the next generation of moulding leaders
- Make scientific moulding the standard on every machine and every shift
- Be the technical face of moulding to leading global automotive customers
- Solve real engineering problems across 70+ plastic materials, overmoulding, insert moulding, 3-plate and hot runner moulds
- Help build a connected, digital shop floor (ERP and IIoT machine monitoring)

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✅ WHAT YOU MUST HAVE

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- Minimum a diploma in Plastics Technology (DPT / DPMT) from CIPET or an equivalent institute
- 8+ years in thermoplastic injection moulding using scientific moulding methods, with at least 5 years on automotive parts
- Currently Head of Moulding or equivalent (Moulding Manager, AGM or DGM Moulding with full shop ownership)
- Hands-on scientific moulding: viscosity curve, gate-seal, pressure-drop and process-window studies, validated with DOE and Cp/Cpk
- Solid knowledge of engineering plastics: PP, ABS, PC, PC/ABS, PA6/PA66 (incl. glass-filled), POM, PBT, TPE




- Overmoulding, insert moulding, 3-plate, hot runner and valve-gate moulds
- 50–350+ tonne machines (Engel, Arburg, Toshiba, JSW, Haitian, Milacron or similar)
- Troubleshooting that separates process, material and mould root causes, and recommending mould corrections
- IATF 16949 and core tools: APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plan, MSA, SPC; 8D, 5-Why, Ishikawa
- Proven results in cycle-time and cost reduction, and experience with new machine commissioning
- Leading a multi-shift team of 50+ people and handling OEM / Tier 1 customers directly

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? WHAT YOU'LL DO

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- Own moulding KPIs: OEE, PPM, scrap, cycle time, on-time delivery and cost per part
- Set up and validate robust processes using scientific moulding
- Lead mould trials, T0/T1 approvals, APQP and PPAP for new parts
- Resolve moulding defects and drive 8D for customer complaints
- Keep moulding IATF 16949 audit-ready and lead customer and certification audits
- Lead, train and develop shift in-charges, engineers, setters and operators

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? GOOD TO HAVE

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- BE / BTech or PG in Plastics Technology
- Scientific moulding certification (e.g. RJG), IATF auditor training, Six Sigma Green Belt
- Mould flow simulation (Moldflow / Moldex3D), robots and automation
- ERP (such as Odoo) and IIoT / MES (such as Think7) experience

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? HOW TO APPLY

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📌 Head of Plastic Injection Moulding (Bengaluru)
🏢 Protekz
📍 Bengaluru