Tool Room Machinist
About the role
The Plastic Injection Toolroom Technician is responsible for maintaining and repairing our Plastic Injection molds to support manufacturing and achieving quality standards.
Lasko Products is the leading air solutions brand with a reputation for reliable products, peak performance, and perpetual innovation – our commitment to our customers for over a century. Founded in 1906 by Henry Lasko in Philadelphia, Lasko has evolved for over a century to become the global leader in air solution products. From our roots in small appliances, fans, and portable heaters, we've grown to become the leading home comfort company while maintaining our unwavering commitment to quality and value. Today, Lasko stands as a symbol of innovation, offering consumers around the world high-performance products; portable fans, heaters, air purifiers, humidifiers, and home ventilation solutions. Our well-known brands, Lasko, B-Air, BlueDri, Air King, and Guardian Technologies, serve both consumer and commercial markets across North America and internationally. As an American company for 120 years, we take pride in upholding the spirit of hard work, trust and accessibility, ensuring that Lasko remains available to all, for generations to come. Headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania, with manufacturing and distribution facilities in Tennessee and Texas, Lasko intends to set the standard in the air solutions category for another 100 years. Lasko's mission is to provide comfort you can trust. Our company's success is based on our culture of GRACE, with five core "Be" values outlining how we live it: Growth Mindset — Be Bold, Recognition — Be Together, Authenticity — Be Real, Clear Communication — Be Clear, Extreme Ownership — Be Accountable.
Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot various issues on plastic components (Gas traps, voids, weld lines, pin push, etc.)
- Disassemble and assemble molds, analyze and solve mold problems including flashing conditions, galling, venting, cooling problems
- Assemble, repair, inspect, clean and polish molds using skill and care while handling
- Understand blueprints, sketches, general instructions to disassemble, inspect, repair, and assemble plastic injection molds
- Perform highly critical assembly operations, refitting, re-venting or making adjustments as necessary to the mold to achieve designed objectives
- Answer technical questions from Manufacturing departments as required
- Maintain equipment maintenance and repair history records, details of work performed, parts replaced, and labor hours
- Operate machine shop equipment (Mill, Surface grinder, Lathe)
- EDM, CNC, Welding experience a plus
- Construct and repair machine shop tools, gauges, fixtures, jigs or dies for use within the company
- Solve problems relating to unusual material, work-holding arrangements, machine settings, fabrication methods, and production process
- Provide guidance and training to lower-level technicians
- Perform mold repair work on cavities and cores due to damage or wear
- Troubleshoot and repair all brands of Hot runner systems
- Complete Engineering changes and revisions to molds
- Manufacture new or repair existing mold components as required
- Interpret drawings and evaluate machining methods on assignments requiring instructions from Toolroom Supervisor on intricate machining setups
- Perform precision work to exacting tolerances and dimensions
- Recommend revisions in design and/or substitutions in material based on "machine-ability" or fabrication problems encountered
- Stone and polish mold components
Requirements
- Report to work on time every day and be at the assigned workstation on time
- Communicate well with team and upper management
- Perform multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment to assure delivery requirements
- Clear communication skills
- Follow documented procedures and standards
- Excellent time-management skills with the ability to work independently with little supervision
Benefits
- Flexible hours and hybrid work schedule for corporate team
- Dog-friendly corporate headquarters
- Competitive salaries with bonus potential
- Comprehensive benefits package including strong 401(k) match
- Wellness incentives
- Robust health coverage