Injection Molding Maintenance Technician

Position summary: The Molding Maintenance Technician is responsible for complex mold maintenance, must be able to perform a wide range of tool room operations connected with the maintenance, repair and alteration of molds and injection molding equipment.

The successful candidate must be able to multitask in a diversified work environment, should have a minimum of 2 years' experience of 'hands-on' injection mold maintenance and similar experience dealing in plastic polymers.

Qualifications required:

• Must have a minimum of 2 years in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to use tool room equipment such as grinders and mills a plus
• Must be capable of working on molds handling/fitting tight tolerance parts
• Must be able to comprehend part and tool prints
• Injection molds dis-assembly/assembly and perform general mold maintenance
• Self-motivated, good organizational skills, team player
• Must be able to follow safety guidelines on the production floor
• Troubleshoot, Diagnose, and repair tooling problems on the production floor, identify and implement tooling improvements
• 2 years of hands-on work experience in Injection Molding
• Continuous Improvement experience within a manufacturing environment, preferably in an ISO 9001:2008 certified company

Essential functions and responsibilities:

• Perform problem-solving to develop corrective actions for customer issues or to initiate continuous improvement
• Repairs and re-builds injection molds by arranging for welding and rework, machining, polishing, and finishing to required surface finish
• Fits and assembles parts and tests completed molds for proper operation
• Verify conformance of repaired injection molds or related tooling to specification by checking dimensions, clearances and alignments using various test equipment, consistently working to close tolerances
• Ability to read and understand mold drawings * Recommend mold design changes
• Operates crane to remove and/or relocate molds to specific workstations/areas
• Provides general maintenance and cleanup of all Tool room equipment
• Participates in Continuous Improvement and assists in its implementation on an on-going basis
• Proficient in written and verbal communication skills
• Respond to problems by performing corrective technical or mechanical solutions
• Maintain positive employee relations and adhere to Company policies, safety standards, and good housekeeping practices
• Assist the SR Molding Maintenance Technician in implementing and managing all maintenance functions,
• Maintain product safety, legality, regulatory compliance, and quality systems
• Report on any potential food safety, legality, quality, or food defense concerns to the plant manager or quality personnel
• Follow all documented Good Manufacturing Practices
• Must follow all company policies and procedures

Non-essential skills and experience:

• Other duties as required

Success factors/job competencies:

• Report to work on scheduled days on time
• Must be able to change the schedule to meet the needs of production and engineering
• Ability to work with little supervision
• Good attitude
• Willingness to ascertain new skills

Physical demands and work environment:

• Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls: reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear. Employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: While performing the duties of this job the employee is/or may be exposed to high noise levels that require hearing protection. Employee may also be required to wear safety glasses and/or safety gloves.

Performance standards:

• 30,60,90-day Assessment
• Annual performance appraisal