Injection Molding Process Technician II

Job Purpose

Set-up, start-up for production, change-over and maintain molding machines, molds, material and their processes to produce quality products for internal and external customers in a safe and productive manner.

What You Will Do

• Set-up and maintain production of injection molding machines, tooling, and processes.
• Cycle development for inherited, modified, or new tooling.
• Inspect molded components to confirm quality.
• Establish and maintain best practices for setup, preventative maintenance and storage of molds.
• Develop, and sustain mold-specific setup and equipment setup processes to include gantry robot program development and or optimization.
• Mentor and train other personnel on injection molding, and the auxiliary processes.
• Troubleshoot the manufacturing process to diagnose and resolve anticipated or actual manufacturing problems that may affect product quality.
• Disassemble, inspect, clean, and maintain molds and tooling according to schedule.
• Maintain a clean, safe work area.
• Advise team on mold repair and or enhancement strategy.
• Perform minor machine maintenance as required.
• Read and understand operation layouts and blueprints.
• Maintain quality of work as required and report any discrepancies.
• Operate and maintain auxiliary equipment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Essential Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent.
• A technical degree or diploma in related field or equivalent experience (8 years of injection molding experience).
• 4 years of experience as a Setup Technician.
• 3 years of experience in a role requiring mold maintenance tasks.
• 7 years of experience operating injection molding equipment.
• Ability to set-up and operate assigned equipment.
• Experience processing new tooling and providing feedback during development and prove out with an emphasis on process optimization.
• Experience in development and streamlining mold change over and work cell layout including auxiliary equipment.
• Ability to work in a continuous improvement environment by implementing improvements regularly.
• Demonstrated skill and ability to use precision measuring equipment.
• Demonstrate the ability to effectively understand and communicate technical information in both verbal and written form.
• Ability to operate a forklift.
• Ability to stand/sit/walk, for up to eight hours per day.
• Frequent, repetitive elbow movements.
• Reaching, grasping, gripping and fine manipulation with hands is required.
• Ability to occasionally stoop, bend, lift, and/or load up to 40 pounds.
• Demonstrated personal computer skills.

Desirable Qualifications

• Completion of Math for Manufacturing and Basic Blueprint Reading for Manufacturing.
• Training and experience using Scientific Molding practices.
• Experience processing a wide range of different materials and additives.
• Experience setting up and processing; hydraulic core pull, hot runner, cam, 3 plate, rack & pinion molds.
• Experience setting up and advanced processing; overmolding, 2-shot molding, in-mold decorating.
• Experience proving-out new tooling.
• Track record of continuous improvement.
• Prior machine tool operation skills.

Pay

The base pay range for this position is $38.08 - $40.58 per hour, exclusive of fringe benefits or other compensation.