Job Summary:
The role of the Injection Mold Setup Technician is to set up injection molds, molding machines and auxiliary support equipment for production. Responsible for identifying defects and quickly providing process adjustments within allowable limits to eliminate defects. Provides support for operators for in-process inspection.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Maintains a clean and organized work area, including daily cleaning and organization of work areas, work tools, and surrounding areas. Assists in the cleaning of equipment.
Identifies 5S opportunities and takes initiative to clean, organize and improve department cleanliness.
Interprets production schedules to set-up equipment in support of production demand.
Installs injection molds into molding machines to company procedures.
Sets up injection molding machines to company procedures.
Prepares all auxiliary equipment for production support, including but not limited to drying equipment, degating equipment and packaging requirements.
Prepares raw materials for production support.
Reports labor and production transactions accurately in ERP system.
Supports other areas/functions within the department/facility when requested to support production operations.
Performs equipment start-up and shut down maintenance and troubleshooting operational issues with tooling, machines or auxiliary equipment.
Complies with all organizational, local and federal safety and health regulations
Qualification Requirements
Educational/Training Requirement:
High school diploma or equivalent
Experience:
4 years’ related experience
Proven experience in successfully setting up and processing injection molding machines required.
Licenses/Certifications:
N/A
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Responsible for identifying defects and quickly providing process adjustments within allowable limits to eliminate defects.
Injection molding process parameters.
Defect identification.
Root cause analysis.
Scientific Molding Principles.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Shop math.
Other Requirements
Mental Requirements:
The work environment is representative and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations.
Physical Requirements:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee could be required to stand. The employee could frequently be required to walk; use hand to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee could be required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee could occasionally lift and or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job could include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA):
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer/Protected/ Veterans/Disabilities/Drug Free Workplace