Injection Mold Maintenance Mechanic

Title: Injection Mold Maintenance Mechanic

Location: 256 Samuel Barnett Boulevard, New Bedford, MA, 02745

Type: Full Time

Shifts:

• WECA – Fri 10:50 PM–11:00 AM & Sat 10:50 AM–11:00 PM 1–2 weekday shifts
• WECB – Sat 10:50 PM–11:00 AM & Sun 10:50 AM–11:00 PM 1–2 weekday shifts

Job Objective: The primary goal of this role is to repair and maintain Kona-style Injection Machines (horizontal and vertical), robotics, automation, and integration equipment.

Key Responsibilities: This role focuses on maintaining the injection molding operations and associated equipment.

Maintenance & Repair (80% of Time): Troubleshoot, repair, and perform preventative maintenance (PM) for molds, machines, and related automation. This includes support equipment like blenders, grinders, hoppers, conveying equipment, hoists, and complex automation systems.

Process Setup & Troubleshooting (40% of Time): Responsible for process setup and troubleshooting injection molding, blending and grinding processes. You will make process adjustments to bring parts into specification and work with production to identify and correct defects.

Inventory & Documentation (20% of Time): Maintain inventory for machine molds and related equipment. You are required to maintain work records (work orders, PM's, Materials and parts) on a computerized Maintenance system.

Required Experience & Skills

Experience: 3-5 years of experience troubleshooting, repairing and maintaining injection molding equipment.

Technical Knowledge: Must have a thorough knowledge of mechanical related production equipment.

Essential Skills: Must have analytical and problem solving skills, demonstrated mechanical skills techniques, and demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex automation equipment.

Tools: Required to have your own trade related tools to perform required tasks.

Work Practices: Must have a working knowledge of safe work practices including lock out/tag out.