The Molding Process Tech 2 is responsible for supporting, troubleshooting, and maintaining the plant injection molding machines and associated equipment for manufacturing and is expected to be proactive and can perform their work at a prominent level with minimum supervision.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for following all safety policies in compliance with Rain Bird safety standards and programs.
- Perform tasks to increase injection molding machine equipment uptime and reliability.
- Effectively and efficiently perform mold and material changes to meet manufacturing schedule.
- Perform periodic preventative maintenance tasks on molds, molding machines, and auxiliary equipment.
- Assist with the installation of new equipment in support of manufacturing operations.
- Communicate issues/improvements/ideas between department members and supervision.
- Trouble shoot quality concerns for root causes and make required process adjustments.
- Monitor and adjust machine parameters to assure established tolerances and part quality are maintained.
- Maintain proper documentation to assure lot traceability, process control, and preventative maintenance.
- Operate mobile equipment such as forklift, scissor lift, overhead crane, powered pallet jacks and mold carts.
- Function as a “technical leader” for coworkers who have less knowledge and experience in molding.
Qualifications
- Ability to understand and follow all safety policies and lock out/tag out procedures.
- High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- Minimum of 3 years injection molding experience including mold-setting and material handling.
- Knowledge of injection molding processes and familiarity with engineering grade materials.
- The ability to understand, analyze and adjust molding processes to maintain an elevated level of quality.
- Able to complete tasks in a timely manner to assure maximum machine run time and high OEE.
- Familiar with various models of molding machines, robots, and materials.
- Strong work ethic.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Understanding of scientific molding principles and techniques.
- RJG- master molder certification.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline.
- Experience developing molding processes and robot programs.
- 5-10 Years experience mold setting of complex tooling including multiple cores, servo drives, and robotics.