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Tool Maintenance Technician (Plastic Injection Mold Maintenance and Repair)
2nd Shift - Rochester Hills, MI
Build, Repair, Improve... and Make a Real Impact
Do you enjoy solving mechanical problems, working with precision equipment, and taking pride in craftsmanship?
ARaymond is looking for an experienced Tool Maintenance Technician to help keep our injection molds operating at peak performance. In this role, you'll work with complex tooling, troubleshoot issues, perform mold repairs, and partner with production and engineering teams to ensure high-quality manufacturing and minimal downtime.
If you're someone who enjoys hands-on work, diagnosing problems, and continuously improving equipment reliability, we'd like to meet you.
What You'll Do
- Inspect, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain plastic injection molds and tooling components
- Perform preventive and predictive maintenance to maximize mold life and performance
- Diagnose tooling issues that impact production, quality, or efficiency
- Clean, service, and refurbish mold components including cavities, cores, slides, lifters, ejectors, vents, and cooling circuits
- Assemble and validate molds to ensure proper operation before production runs
- Use precision measuring equipment including micrometers, calipers, bore gauges, and height gauges
- Document maintenance activities and repairs
- Collaborate with Process Technicians, Engineers, and Production teams to improve mold performance and reduce downtime
- Support continuous improvement initiatives related to tooling and manufacturing processes
What You'll Bring
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 5 years of experience in mold repair, tool maintenance, or a related tooling environment
- 3 years of experience using manual tool room equipment
- Strong understanding of injection mold construction and mold components
- Experience troubleshooting tooling issues in a manufacturing environment
- Familiarity with hot runner systems and manifolds
- Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and specifications
- Basic computer skills and experience maintaining repair records
Preferred Qualifications
- Trade school, apprenticeship, or technical training
- Prototype toolmaking experience
- Injection molding process knowledge
- Experience supporting automotive or high-volume manufacturing operations
PhysicalRequirements
- Ability to lift up to 55 pounds
- Frequent standing, walking, bending, reaching, and climbing
- Ability to safely perform detailed precision work in a manufacturing environment
Ready to Join Us?
If you take pride in precision work, enjoy solving technical challenges, and want to be part of a team that values your expertise, apply today.
ARaymond is an Equal Opportunity Employer and offer a competitive salary and benefits package.
Our benefit plan includes:
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan w/ Employer Match
- 11 Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Education Reimbursement
- Medical and Prescription Drug Coverage
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Wellness Program
- Dental and Vision Coverage
- Consumerism Card w/ Telemedicine Coverage
- Employer paid Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Life, and AD&D coverages
- Voluntary Benefits - Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospitalization
Why Join ARaymond?
You’ll join a team at the beating heart of our company’s daily operations. And you’ll feel valued for what you bring both as a person and professional, thanks to our servant-leadership model that puts your voice and wellbeing first. Working for ARaymond means being part of a close-knit, international team that’s always behind you. Our family-run company is home to over 8,000 employees in 25 countries worldwide. It’s been led by human values for over 155 years – and you’ll feel our spirit of respect, collaboration and innovation in everything you do.
No matter your job title, you’ll feel inspired in our culture of innovation and creativity, which generates over 1,000 new fastening solutions every year. And which enables us to create industry-leading assembly systems for everything from electric vehicles and solar panels horticulture tools and medical devices. You’ll have the support to take your career wherever you want it to go, with on-the-job training, mentorship and skills development to help you towards your goals. And you can take pride in being part of a company that’s committed to minimizing its environmental impact, and to preserving the ecosystems we all depend on.
About the company
At ARaymond, we create cutting-edge fastening and assembly systems for the machines and products that keep the world moving. Founded in Grenoble in 1865, and still headquartered in the city to this day, we’re a family-run business with a proud history of innovation – including the invention of the press stud. Human values have driven our success for over 155 years, embodied by our servant-leadership model of management that empowers employees and puts their wellbeing first. Today we employ more than 8,000 people in 25 countries worldwide. And we’re committed to leading in sustainability for the global fastening and assembly market.
Salary : $58,000 - $68,000