Mold Setter I - Night Shift (3PM - 11PM) $29.00 Hour

Atkore • Dallas, TX

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Atkore is seeking an Injection Molding Mold Setter I to join the Atkore Electrical Business Unit / Plastic Pipe & Conduit (PPC) Strategic Business Unit. Reporting to the Molding Production Manager, this role is primarily responsible for safely installing and removing molds from injection molding machines and performing tooling health checks to ensure the production of high-quality plastic parts.

Requirements

• Minimum high school graduate or GED equivalent.
• Minimum of 1-3 years of experience working with tooling for thermoplastic injection molding, mold changeovers, and machine startup.
• Ability to understand and implement technical documents, drawings, standard documents, tool, and auxiliary equipment manuals.
• Ability to perform precision measurements of tooling components and production parts.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with tool technician, molding process technician, and maintenance as directed by engineering.
• Strong attention to detail with mechanical aptitude.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.

Nice To Haves

• 2+ years related experience is preferred.
• Medical and automotive mold setter experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventative maintenance on mold tooling to keep molds in good operating condition and extend the tool’s lifetime.
• Operate gantry crane and powered industrial trucks to move and store molds as well as perform mold changeovers, inserts changes, and general assembly.
• Complete changeovers for molds and injection molding machines of various sizes, including proper connection of electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic auxiliaries.
• Support molding process technician with the startup and processing in of a mold on an injection molding machine during changeovers.
• Program and use robotics and all auxiliary equipment, including part pick-and-place sequences.
• Measure dimensions to recommend solutions to mold damage issues and compare sizing to existing part designs.
• As directed by management, work with shipping team to send and receive molds and components for repair.
• Organize molds, components, and equipment in tooling area to maintain 5S standards to ensure efficient changeovers.
• Follow production schedule to ensure molds are machine ready prior to production run, including testing of mechanical and hydraulic functions.
• Support maintenance team with AM & PM of injection molding machine & periodic small repairs of machine & auxiliary equipment as instructed.
• Demonstrate and maintain safe practices in working with heavy objects like injection molds weighing up to 10,000 pounds and injection molding machinery with capacity up to 1,000 tons.
• Change filters on chiller periodically and document them on the chiller filter changeover log.
• Maintain clean working area (both tooling and machine) by removing purge and scrap materials and organizing toolbox pertinent to each machine and mold.
• Maintain inventory of mold and machine changeover components, such as knock out rods, nozzle tips, nozzle gage, nozzle extensions, part inserts, O-rings, ejector pins, platen bolt, water hoses, quick connects, eye bolts, and mold clamps.
• Verify any process variations due to changeovers with molding process technician. Record lessons learned from it so that process consistency will be resumed. if the process matches the process parameters that was established.
• Complete documentation of machine processing changes, mold water diagrams, and auxiliary equipment connections.
• Support molding tooling technician to perform tool inspections, report and escalate tool health and tool status findings to molding process technician and engineering for prompt repair/overhaul.
• Initiate and submit mold change checklists to molding process tech & engineering to confirm successful changeover for production.
• Verify machine-mold compatibility prior to performing changeovers.
• Complete daily inspections of chilled water system and gantry crane.
• Manage flow of raw materials into and finished goods out of production area.
• Start up, shut down, and perform purging of injection molding machines under the supervision of process technician.
• Perform basic plastic processing under the supervision of molding process technician during changeovers.

Benefits

• competitive salary
• comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match
• generous maternity/paternity leave
• flexible spending accounts
• tuition reimbursement
• life, accident and disability insurance
• wellness programs
• employee assistance resources

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED