Set-Up Technician / Injection Molding

About the role

The Set-Up Technician at OptiMIM, a Form Technologies Company, supports the injection molding process by conducting tooling set-ups, distributing materials, troubleshooting production issues, and ensuring product quality and process efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Performs equipment set ups as directed including installing injection molds, handles set-up processes, and ensures equipment generates good parts (30%)
• Adjusts machine parameters to correct defects observed during production (20%)
• Works with process engineering to troubleshoot, improve processes, optimize, improve cycle time, and conduct engineering tests (10%)
• Collects and enters data as needed to support documented procedures (10%)
• Handles robot programming and optimization (15%)
• Handles barrel cleaning and grinder cleaning (15%)

Requirements

• Previous experience with injection molding equipment preferred
• Machining and/or tooling experience preferred
• Basic to moderate computer/PC skills (MS Office)
• Good time management skills
• Able to work independently and in a team environment
• Mechanical aptitude preferred
• High School Diploma or GED preferred
• Ability to develop and maintain awareness of occupational hazards and safety precautions
• Skilled in following safety practices and recognizing hazards
• Good communication skills with the ability to understand and apply verbal and written work and safety-related instructions and procedures given in English

Qualifications

• Position is located in a busy, non-smoking manufacturing facility
• Able to frequently stand and walk the production floor throughout the shift
• Able to frequently lift and carry up to 30 pounds
• Able to push and pull tools as well as bend and pivot to change equipment
• Able to kneel, move and rearrange items on production floor such as cables and cords
• Able to climb foot stool or ladder to work on top of large pieces of equipment

Skills

• Skilled in following safety practices and recognizing hazards
• Good communication skills with the ability to understand and apply verbal and written work and safety-related instructions and procedures given in English

Benefits

• Medical (HSA or PPO), generous HSA contribution, Rx, dental, vision
• Group life, dependent life, whole life, AD&D, critical illness, accident insurance, hospital indemnity
• FSA, LegalShield, transit pass gift card program, tuition reimbursement, and 401k with generous employer match
• Paid Oregon Leave, (designated) holiday pay

Pay

$19.00 to $20.50, DOE/E.

Schedule

Tues-Sat, 7:00 am to 3:30 pm

Benefits

• Paid Oregon Leave
• Group life, dependent life, whole life, AD&D, critical illness, accident insurance, hospital indemnity
• FSA, LegalShield, transit pass gift card program, tuition reimbursement, and 401k with generous employer match
• (Designated) holiday pay

PTO

• 40 hours of Sick time
• 80 hours of PTO
• 80 hours of (designated) holiday pay

Company Information

• OptiMIM, a Form Technologies Company
• Learn more about the MIM process here: https://www.optimim.com/

Equal Opportunity Employer

OptiMIM promotes a drug/alcohol free work environment through the use of pre-employment drug testing. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status or disability and any other characteristic protected by law. Employees must be a US Person as defined by ITAR.