A premier plastics manufacturing company located in Miami is seeking a dependable, mechanically skilled Mold Technician to join our production team. In this role, you will be responsible for disassembling, cleaning, maintaining, and setting heavy industrial mold tooling to ensure optimal plant efficiency and part quality. If you have solid mechanical aptitude, experience with tooling maintenance, and a salid commitment to workshop safety, we invite you to apply. Please apply here.
salary: $52,500 - $58,500 per year shift: First work hours: 7 AM - 4 PM education: High School
Responsibilities
- High school diploma or GED equivalent; technical or vocational training preferred.
- 2+ years of direct experience with mold tooling, mold maintenance, or tool room operations in a plastics manufacturing environment.
- Proven ability to safely set, pull, rig, and store heavy mold assemblies using overhead cranes and forklifts.
- Proficiency with precision measurement hand tools including calipers, micrometers, and depth gauges.
- Demonstrated skill in disassembling, cleaning, inspecting, lubricating, and rebuilding mold bases, cores, cavities, and hot runner manifolds.
- strong mechanical troubleshooting abilities and adherence to plant safety standards.
- Inspect mold cavities, cores, slides, and ejector pins for wear, residue, or mechanical damage.
- Disassemble, wash, clean, grease, and rebuild tooling assemblies between scheduled production runs.
- Pull molds from machinery and hang replacement tooling using overhead cranes and rigging equipment.
- Connect, test, and troubleshoot mold water lines, hydraulic lines, and electrical connections.
- Polish cavities and perform minor bench repairs to deburr surfaces and remove flash.
- Maintain detailed logs of mold condition, shot counts, and scheduled preventative maintenance.
- Verify mold alignment, clearances, and mechanical movements prior to handing off to production.
The essential functions of this role include:
- manual lifting up to 40lbs
- working up to 6 hrs of overtime per week
Skills
- Electronic Maintenance
- Mechanical Maintenance
- Engineering
- Inspecting
- Molding
- Blueprints
- Blueprint Reading
- Monitoring
- injection molding
- molding maintenance
- molding repair
- mold maintenance
Qualifications
- Years of experience: 2 years
- Experience level: Experienced
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This posting is open for thirty (30) days.