Production Tech II

Duration: 06 months • Location: Foothill Ranch, CA 92610 • Temp to Hire • On-site • 2nd Shift • Pay Rate: $30.00 - 36.00/hr

About the Role

Work with production, engineering, and technical support to maximize machine uptime for injection molding machines and automation equipment in order to run to quality standards and meet all production goals as set forth in the daily schedule. Assure all safety and housekeeping procedures are followed. Communicate potential hazards as well as reporting all quality, equipment, and scrap issues to supervisor/manager in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

• On-time performance of molding machine and automation startups as dictated by the schedule.
• On-time performance of Military mold and/or material changes by pulling tools from storage racks and setting/removing tools from the molding machine as dictated by the schedule.
• Perform process troubleshooting, part inspections, and various other functions to ensure part conformity and quality.
• Troubleshoot, conduct part inspections, and perform other functions to maintain quality standards.
• Setup, start, monitor, and troubleshoot injection molding machines and automation equipment.
• Troubleshoot, maintain, repair/replace, and test automation systems, components, and networks.
• Perform mold setups, start-ups, troubleshooting, moisture content inspection, laser printing set-up, Sepro robots, and other auxiliary equipment on conventional and dual injection molding machines.
• Work with process techs, material handlers, and quality teams to maintain stable processes and produce quality parts.
• Collaborate with leads and material handlers to complete mold changes and material changes to minimize production downtime.

Requirements

• Associate of Applied Science degree or certificate in scientific injection molding or industrial automation, robotics, PLC, or equivalent.
• 2+ years of experience working in the plastic injection molding industry as a Process Technician or equivalent.
• Minimum of 1 year of programming and troubleshooting multi-axis robots.
• RJG training.
• Ability to read, understand, and communicate in English to ensure adherence to documented procedures and current specifications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience utilizing a computer terminal or personal computer.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Experience with injection molding in a production environment.
• Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, cost effectiveness, and other techniques to ensure efficient production of quality products.
• Knowledge of Arburg touch screen injection molding machines.
• Knowledge of dual injection units molding machines.
• Experience with programming Sepro and Yumi Robots.