What are the responsibilities and job description for the Process Technician position at JNIT Technologies Inc.?
Process Technician – Production Floor, Second Shift, performs a variety of technical duties within the production floor. This would include, but is not limited to, reviewing and recommending proper techniques to streamline processing including resin selection; trains mold setter/processors and level 2’s in AOBP in processing and processing problem-solving techniques; assists the department in troubleshooting; oversees and reviews work performed by the mold setter/processors and level 2’s; functions as the support person for new mold qualifications, pilot runs and establishing effective optimum processes as directed by the Process Engineer; ensures proper paperwork is completed by mold setter/processors and level 2’s; may fill-in as a shift supervisor.
This position is for Second Shift, 3:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
Key competencies include:
- Develop, optimize and troubleshoot injection molding processes using a wide variety of engineered and commodity type resins;
- Trains mold setter/processors and general service (material handlers) on processing techniques, proper operation of machine controls, data capture/storage devices, printers, dryers, thermolators, robotics, and other auxiliary equipment, recommends equipment and materials to improve mold changeover times;
- Reviews cycle times, scrap rates, counts, and optimizing processes for each press running;
- Conducts new mold qualification and pilot run to establish effective and optimum processes;
- Interface with the Process Engineer, Tooling/Production specialist, and Molding Manager to achieve processing requirements;
- Identifies tooling related issues found during process start-ups or adjustments and communicates them to the department manager, processing engineer, or mold repair person;
- Reviews work performed by mold setter/processors on a daily basis and instruct mold setter/processors on how to be more efficient;
- Assists with maintaining and updating all required departmental records per SOP and defined ISO requirements, ensures all paperwork related to mold set-ups, pullouts, and start-ups are properly completed and passed on to the department manager in a timely manner, ensures proper shop order paperwork is issued to various work stations on the production floor.
- Functions as shift foreman, supervising shift in foreman’s absence on any shift as required;
- Organizes, catalogs processing information stored on diskettes, CDs/DVDs, Flash Sticks, and M-cards;
- Functions as the technical lead for identifying replacement gas-assist related components;
- Performs and is responsible for other duties and functions as delegated, directed, and necessary.