Mfg Indirect - Process Technician

Main Job Responsibilities

• Treat employees with dignity and respect.
• Ensure employees are working safely and all safety measures and procedures are being met and followed. Including good housekeeping.
• Set-up, start, and process shoot injection-molding machines in accordance with standard work.
• Ensure all secondary equipment is set-up and running accurately.
• Diagnose production problems and make adjustments.
• Document changes to cycles and job log during set-up and start-up.
• Communicate and repair all malfunction of equipment or tooling to the proper support department.
• Complete Total Preventive Maintenance (TPM) on assigned equipment.
• Complete all documentation pertaining to injection molding machine set-up and tool cleaning / prepping.
• Ensure molds are cleaned/prepped and tagged/staged properly per standard work.
• Absorb and assist operator teams with operating problems.
• Use strong problem-solving skills to troubleshoot molding machines and auxiliary equipment. Determine the root cause of machine alarms. Make all necessary adjustments and tool or machine repair recommendations.
• Ensure production times are met.
• Check and complete all paperwork associated with the set-up and adjustments of tooling, machines, and auxiliary equipment.
• Ensure compliance with all associated procedures applicable to the manufacturing process.
• Communicate best practice to other team members and shifts.
• Ability to work off shift and overtime.
• Work independently and multi-task in a fast-paced work environment.
• Man machines as needed to fulfill production needs and customer requirements.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age.
• Education through Apprenticeship, Vocational Program, or Technical College preferred.
• Injection Molding Process Technician experience preferred.
• Experience in Injection Molding, Basic CNC Machining, EDM Operation, and Tool and Die Repair preferred.
• Experience in medical molding operations and robots a plus.
• Minimize equipment downtime.
• Be knowledgeable with all equipment, tools and measuring instruments associated with measuring cycles.
• Knowledgeable of processing characteristics of different types of materials (PET, PP, PVC, etc.).
• Experience in cGMP, 5S, ISO13485 are preferred.
• Process troubleshooting and root cause analysis required.
• Familiarity with clean room operations and requirements.