Tool Room Mold Technician

Overview

Stryten Energy, manufactures proprietary and custom injection molding products serving the industrial lead battery, automotive and consumer markets. Stryten Energy is expanding battery poly manufacturing and recycling output to help solve industry-wide supply constraints.

The Mold Machinist is a key contributor who performs various duties related to maintenance and upkeep of injection mold tooling, machinery, and related equipment. This will include the repair of industrial tooling for plastic injection machines, manual machining operations utilizing typical toolroom equipment, analyzing operational problems, testing equipment, correcting issues, and providing input and suggestions regarding tooling and molding issues; all to keep our production flowing.

Opening on 3rd shift (Sunday - Thursday; 11pm - 7am)

Pay rate: $30.60/hour, plus a $1.00/hour shift differential

Responsibilities

• Perform various duties relating to maintenance and upkeep of tooling and related plastic injection molding equipment.
• Moves injection molds around the facility as required by the toolroom and production departments.
• Disassembly of injection molds, cleaning, changeover of components, and reassembly of the mold when completed
• Electrical checks of mold heaters and thermocouples.
• Water pressure checks for of molding circuits.
• Troubleshoot tooling issues in the production area and in the tooling room, recommend and implement solutions to fix problems.
• Operate necessary equipment including manual lathes, mills, surface grinders drill presses, hand tools, and other associated equipment to repair existing and fabricate new components
• Ability to effectively manage time and meet specified deadlines, and work with a sense of urgency when presses or lines are down
• Follow all company safety policies and procedures including the use of PPE and safety equipment.
• Participate in continuous improvement, 5S, and other lean manufacturing initiatives.
• Continuously improve the general housekeeping, organization of equipment, tools, and supplies to keep workstations as efficient as possible.
• Good communication with process engineering to work on improving molding through tooling improvements and processing; diagnose/troubleshoot and help/implement corrections to tooling problems with other facilities.
• Must complete all required hazardous waste training and comply with all Stryten hazardous waste and handling procedures.
• Must have the ability and willingness to work overtime on an as needed/required basis in order to complete work in process and communicate with other shifts.
• Work within established policies, procedures, practices, and regulations.
• Attend all required trainings and meetings.
• Must embrace and follow the Core Beliefs and Values of Stryten Energy.
• Embraces and follows the work and safety rules and wears all required personal protective equipment.
• Safety is our overriding priority. If an unsafe condition is found to exist, actions must be taken immediately to correct the situation to keep all team members safe and get manufacturing equipment operational as soon as possible.
• Other responsibilities as assigned to meet the needs of the business.
  
  

Qualifications

Preferred Experience:

• High School Diploma or G.E.D, preferred but not required
• Apprenticeship Training certificate (preferred but not required).
• Manual Machinist skills: Lathe, Bridgeport mill, Surface grinder and typical manual toolroom machinery operation skillls strongly preferred.
• Injection mold tooling experience preferred but not requiredUnderstanding of machining principles and practices is strongly preferred.
• Fundamental understanding of injection molding.
• Thorough understanding of mold construction and mold maintenance principles a plus
• Must demonstrate a high level of mechanical aptitude.Welding; TIG and MIG experience a plus
• Good communication and documentation skills with the ability to work well with others
• Must be able to troubleshoot and repair molds as needed.
• Must complete a Lock Out/Tag Out training program.
• Proven satisfactory work history (attendance and performance). This must be maintained. Attendance is critical to this position.
  
  

Physical Demands, Environment

• This position requires you to be on site at our Columbus, IN plant.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Frequent standing, bending, reaching.
  
  

EEO

Stryten Energy is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.

About Our Company

Stryten Energy helps solve the world’s most pressing energy challenges with a broad range of energy storage solutions across the Essential Power, Motive Power, Transportation, Military and Government sectors. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, we partner with some of the world’s most recognized companies to meet the growing demand for reliable and sustainable energy storage capacity. Stryten powers everything from submarines to subcompacts, microgrids, warehouses, distribution centers, cars, trains and trucks. Our stored energy technologies include advanced lead, lithium and vanadium redox flow batteries, intelligent chargers and energy performance management software that keep people on the move and supply chains running. An industry leader backed by more than a century of expertise, Stryten has The Energy to Challenge the status quo and deliver top-performing energy solutions for today and tomorrow. Learn more at stryten.com.