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JOB title:
- Process Technician / Molder Night Shift: 10pm to 6:30am
JOB Purpose:
Get injection molding machines up and running with minimal downtime between jobs while producing molded product to the correct configuration and customer requirements.
MAJOR Responsibilities:
- Start job using established process with minimal start-up rejects.
- Adjust processing parameters within defined limits to maintain consistency of quality product.
- Purge machine and change between different material types.
- Retrieve molds from storage and prepare for production.
- Install molds into injection molding machines and connect all required ancillary equipment.
- Verify molds and ancillary equipment are set up in a safe condition and functioning properly.
- Removal of molds and ancillary equipment from injection molding machines after production runs.
- Clean molds and equipment and store in a safe protected condition.
- Identify reject conditions and how to correct them.
- Operate machines, equipment, and personal safely.
SPECIFIC duties:
- Conduct minor mold maintance.
- Operate forklift
- Use a variety of hand tools in an appropriate and safe manner.
- Generate work orders for mold or equipment repair.
- Operate pallet jack.
- Record time spent on tasks.
- Keep work areas clean and organized.
- Perform tasks with minimal supervision.
- Operate safely while caring for equipment and tools.
- Conduct resin handling, drying, and movement.
- Operate forklift.
- Material dryer operation and cleaning.
- Mold heater operation.
- Stage molds and all associated equipment to set mold.
- Verification and documentation of all mold and equipment setup processes.
- Verification and documentation of all equipment parameters.
- Train Mold Setup-1
authority:
- Operate injection molding machine in setup mode.
- Stop molding machine if scrap rate is above standard, unsafe, or process is out of control.
- Red tag broken or unsafe tools and equipment
- Supervise Mold Setup-1.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Effective communication:
- Able to read and write English.
- Able to keep accurate quantity records.
- Able to perform basic math (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division).
- Know material properties and how to apply them.
- Operation of function of individual mold components and as a system.
- Mechanical skills
- Basic computer skills.
- Team oriented.
- Efficient and action driven.
- Motivated self-starter.
- Dependable with reliable attendance.
- Able to stand for 10 to 12 hours.
- Able to lift 50 pounds.
- Able to see with 20/20 vision to assess cosmetic requirements.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
- Experience in a contract manufacturing organization preferred.
- High school diploma or equivalent