Process Technician

Menasha Corporation is all about possibilities. Our two businesses, Menasha Packaging and ORBIS Corporation, are leaders in their industries, providing corrugated and plastic packaging products and related services to major global companies. Our employees make the difference, proving that great ideas, collaboration, and quality turn possibilities into success. Working at Menasha Corporation means that your insights provide cutting-edge solutions for our customers.

About the Role

Under direct supervision of the shift foreman, assists in coordinating the setup of injection molding machines, molds, materials, and their processes.

Schedule: 2nd Shift, 2:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Responsibilities

• Coordinates with shift foreman resources to efficiently and effectively meet prescribed schedules and lineups.
• Performs machine startups and diagnoses and corrects problems with the molding process.
• Optimizes and troubleshoots complex injection molding processes using a wide variety of engineered and commodity-type resins.
• Ensures presses are running correct cycle times and match what is documented.
• Provides knowledge and expertise of injection molding regarding materials, injection mold tools, and support equipment.
• Communicates with all appropriate parties regarding any and all issues relating to the manufacturing floor.
• Enforces and promotes quality production of parts and assemblies to meet customer satisfaction.
• Ensures a safe and clean work environment for all plant personnel.
• Maintains and identifies production counts, verifying against production work release.
• Enforces and adheres to all manufacturing and company policies and procedures.
• Strives to be a team player and brings a positive attitude toward company policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as directed.
• Empowered to take responsibility for the quality of work performed.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws, including interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• In conjunction with the Shift Supervisor, supervises all production employees on their shift.

Requirements

• One-year certificate from college or technical school; or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands

• Frequently required to walk and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to stand, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
• Occasionally works in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.