Mold Technician

MAI Animal Health-Genesis•Elmwood, WI

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Molding Technician operates and performs routine maintenance to injection mold equipment. In this position you will perform repairs, preventative, and corrective maintenance on production machinery.

Requirements

High school graduation or equivalent.
Mechanical aptitude.
Experience with injection molding processing experience on presses preferred.
Decoupled molding techniques a plus.
Experience working with a variety of mold machines a plus.
Experience working with a variety of different mold concepts (2 component, turning stack, two stage and multi cavity molds a plus).
Experience in processing different types of resins a plus.

Nice To Haves

Mechanical Aptitude.
Basic Computer skills, specifically Microsoft Office products.
Strong Attention to Detail and Communication Skills.
Basic mathematical skills.
Solid understanding of safe work practices and OSHA.
Ability to review, interpret, and evaluate company documents.
Ability to work in a team environment and maintain a professional disposition.

Responsibilities

Perform molding machine start up and shut down, machine adjustments, and observe primary molding and auxiliary equipment to meet Safety and Quality Standards.
Perform change over and set-up molding machines to predefined conditions and ensure the machines are operating under validated operating parameters.
Maintain optimal flow of produced products in production.
Perform trouble shooting of molding processes, auxiliary equipment and resolving quality related complaints from Quality Control (QC).
Initiate communication to QC regarding the release of products produced.
Ensure that during engineering changes and the changing of injection machines that all process parameters are checked, adjusted, and verified to accommodate the changes.
Update documents in the production folder.
Responsible for mold cleaning, and compiling scrap data.
Responsible for data management and monitoring.
Train and support the machine operators as it relates to the operation of the machine.
Clean and set up auxiliary equipment.
Notify team manager of any non-standard or sub-performance mold issues as well as quality and safety issues.
All other duties as assigned.