3rd shift Injection mold maintenance technician

About the role

A position at White Cap isn’t your ordinary job. You’ll work in an exciting and diverse environment, meet interesting people, and have a variety of career opportunities. The White Cap family is committed to Building Trust on Every Job by being deeply knowledgeable, fully capable, and always dependable.

Responsibilities

• Sets up molding machine parameters to produce quality acceptable parts for production.
• Troubleshoots and performs process changes as needed on the injection molding machine.
• Performs mold changes quickly and efficiently as scheduled, including robot set up and programming.
• Ensures machines are running efficiently and producing parts within standard.
• Sets up all auxiliary and secondary equipment as required.
• Trains operators in running production parts, monitoring their rates, and part quality.
• Sets up new tools and assists in establishing and documenting optimum process.
• Performs basic machine maintenance and replaces standard components within the mold such as inserts, springs, ejector pins, and fittings.
• Participates in root cause problem solving activities in process and production areas.
• Supports all areas of production as needed.
• Ensures adherence to all required safety and quality standards.

Work Environment

• Typically located in a comfortable environment but with regular exposure to factors that may cause noticeable discomfort or a moderate risk of accident or illness, such as temperature extremes, moving machinery, loud noises, and fumes.
• Requires intermittent periods during which continuous physical exertion is required, such as walking, standing, stooping, climbing, lifting, and maneuvering material or equipment that may be heavy (50+ pounds) or awkward.
• Typically requires overnight travel less than 5% of the time.

Qualifications

• Technical certification or associate degree may be required in some areas.
• Generally 5-7 years of experience in a related area of responsibility.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years as a mold technician.

Functional Area: Field Operations. Work Type: On-Site.