What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mold Maintenance Technician position at Koch Business Solutions, LP?
Your Job
Phillips Medisize, a Molex Company, is seeking a Mold Maintenance Technician to support manufacturing operations at our Hudson, WI location. In this role, you'll be a handson specialist ensuring our injection molds and tooling are ready, reliable, and optimized for highvolume production. You will clean, inspect, tag, and document mold condition and repairs; execute assembly and disassembly of mold components per work orders and SOPs; troubleshoot fixture and mold issues to minimize downtime; stage and prep molds for production runs; maintain the tool room and spares inventory; and safely move tooling using forklifts and overhead cranes. You'll work closely with production, maintenance, and tooling teams to coordinate troubleshooting, lead continuous improvement efforts, and mentor other technicians on best practices and techniques.
Shift: 1st Shift, Mon - Fri, flexible start time between 6am - 8am.
Our Team
We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment where every team member is empowered to contribute their expertise and grow professionally. Our team is dedicated to continuous improvement, safety, and operational excellence, ensuring that our equipment, tools, and facilities meet the highest standards of quality and reliability. We embrace open communication, trust, and mutual respect, creating a supportive culture that values innovation and teamwork.
What You Will Do
- Clean, inspect, tag, and document mold condition and repairs
- Complete work orders and document repairs and preventative maintenance activities
- Troubleshoot fixture and mold issues to help keep production tooling in efficient operating condition
- Assembly and disassembly of all components required in mold repair process
- Maintain and replenish tool room supplies and tooling spares
- Manage tooling spares inventory and ensure the mold storage system is organized and current
- Ensure molds are properly cleaned, prepped, assembled, and staged for production runs per scheduling requirements
- Safely operate forklift and overhead crane to transport tools and molds
- Mentor and guide other technicians on techniques, best practices and knowledge development
- Coordinate troubleshooting with production, maintenance, and tooling teams
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- 4 years handson injection mold maintenance in a production environment, including disassembly, cleaning, repair, reassembly, preventative maintenance, and staging for production.
- 2 years experience executing assembly and disassembly of tools according to work orders or SOPs
- Experience with Microsoft Office
What Will Put You Ahead
- Experience with 16 cavity molds
- Working knowledge of hot runner systems
- SolidWorks experience
- Machining experience (manual or CNC)
- Associate's degree in technical field
- Prior experience mentoring/training peers
- Experience using ERP systems, preferably SAP
This position does not qualify for VISA Sponsorship.
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Hiring Philosophy
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Who We Are
As a Molex company, Phillips-Medisize mobilizes and deploys specialized capabilities and services across highly regulated industries, including health care, regulated consumer, automotive and defense. We design, develop and create innovative and life-changing medical technologies for millions of people around the globe.
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Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).