Molding Technician - 3rd shift

About the role

The Molding Technician is responsible for setting up, operating, and maintaining molding processes to achieve production, quality, and defect targets while maintaining efficient tooling changeover times. This role requires expertise in mold setup, insert placement, process monitoring, and troubleshooting to ensure consistent part quality and process stability. The technician works closely with molding process engineering and Quality teams, providing hands-on technical knowledge and process feedback to support continuous improvement, process development, and successful production execution.

Responsibilities

• Mold parts using metal injection processes and take direct responsibility for handling tooling and injection molds through to placement of finished parts for the customer (packaging and shipping).
• Install and set up molds, tooling, and required process parameters for production readiness.
• Run molds while monitoring cycle times, quality standards, and process consistency.
• Inspect parts off mold to verify dimensional accuracy, cosmetic quality, and functional requirements.
• Maintain resin inventory and ensure proper material handling, and traceability.
• Make necessary adjustments for the injection molding process and operation to optimize quality and reduce defects.
• Maintain spare tooling inventory and support tooling organization and readiness.
• Perform equipment repair and parts grinding processing.
• Perform preventive maintenance, on molding machines and auxiliary equipment to minimize downtime.
• Maintain mold cleanliness on tools when populated in the system to do so.

Requirements

• Technical diploma OR related Engineering degree.
• Experience of risk mitigation and continuous improvement.
• Experience in machine setup and process troubleshooting.

Qualifications

• DOE (Design of Experiments).
• 2-5 years of experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Skills

• Technical proficiency in metal injection molding processes.
• Hands-on experience with mold setup and troubleshooting.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Life insurance.
• Disability coverage.
• Roth and traditional 401(k) plans.
• Paid vacation/time off.
• Education assistance.
• Infertility assistance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.

Pay

Salary is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

3rd shift: 11pm-7am Sun night through Thursday +12% Shift premium