Operator - Injection Molding

Summary: 

Ensure that the parts being manufactured and packaged meet customer expectations within the standards set for each job. Associates are expected to learn and understand customer quality expectations through the use of quality system procedures, and on the job training. In addition, each associate must understand the production standards and communicate any variances to the standard to their supervisor. All associates are expected to perform all activities in a safe manner and report any safety concerns or injuries immediately. Work areas are to be maintained in a clean and organized state at all times.

 Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain a positive and cooperative attitude with co-workers, employer, customers and suppliers
• Perform activities in a safe manner
• Must have acceptable attendance record
• Learn and apply quality and production standards to all customer parts that you are assigned to work on
• Must be able to learn and run all jobs, parts, machines, secondary and processes 
• Ensure proper removal and handling of parts from presses
• Keep up with established press rates and keep operator gate presses on a consistent cycle
• Must work efficiently within the ERP system (IQMS) 
• Assure that good parts are not being discarded
• Assemble materials as needed to continue operations…such as boxes
• Assist with on-the-job training of new associates when they are assigned to your area (i.e. proper job specific methods, paperwork, safety concerns, etc.)
• Ensure customer quality expectations by ensuring that job specific responsibilities are followed, and that product is packaged to defined standards. Never package questionable products. Always obtain advice from your supervisor, quality person, or technician
• Must learn and follow all applicable ISO quality procedures associated with production practices
• Perform any assigned secondary work
• Maintain a clean work area and perform cleanup work as assigned by your supervisor. If your press goes down, immediately start cleaning up the area until your supervisor reassigns you
• Attend all mandatory company meetings and safety education sessions
• Assist department as necessary
• Perform other duties as assigned

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Reading and writing; adding and subtracting of whole numbers; and following instructions
• Ability to work independently and within a group using good judgment in decision making processes
• Ability to give proper and accurate instructions as well as receiving input
• Frequent mental and visual attention, where the flow of work is intermittent or the operation involves waiting for a machine or process to complete a cycle, with some checking
• Team player
• Positive attitude
• Attention to detail
• Quality and quantity performance standards under normal supervision should be attained within three months.
• Manufacturing experience of six months preferred 
• Mechanical aptitude a plus