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Molding Process Technician

  • Perform required tear-down, set-up and start-up of jobs according to established procedures and guidelines on various size injection molding machines and their associated auxiliary equipment.
  • Implement and document changes to processing parameters to achieve part quality and cost requirements.
  • Identify and initiate necessary tool and machinery maintenance.
  • Recommend changes required to part design, tool design or equipment capability to achieve acceptable quality and cost requirements.
  • Perform all necessary quality requirements as prescribed in the Process Quality Report.
  • Perform selected preventative maintenance tasks on injection molding machines, tooling, and auxiliary equipment.
  • Maintain proper housekeeping practices and mold storage requirements.
  • Maintain requirements of monitoring systems to assure proper control and accountability.
  • Participate and offer input to corrective and preventive action and continuous improvement projects.

Requirements

  • Comprehensive knowledge and experience with thermal plastic and engineered resins used in injection molding.
  • Comprehensive knowledge and experience with various types and sizes of injection molding machines to include mold set-up and processing.
  • Experience in mold function and modifications required to achieve proper part requirements.
  • Experience and ability to read part prints, determine critical part characteristics to assure proper processing and use an assortment of gages typical to part qualification.
  • Experience and ability to use micro-processors and auxiliary personal computers.
  • Experience and ability to perform basic mold and press maintenance and repair.

Start Date: Immediate

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