Molding Technician II 6:00am - 6:00pm Rotating Shift C

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.•South Jordan, UT

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This position provides an advanced level of mold setup services, detail, and problem-solving. It involves developing solutions and alternatives to assigned molding problems. The role ensures valid processes on mold machines, auxiliary equipment, and robots, and verifies that correct materials are utilized, safety checks are performed, and room organization and cleanliness are maintained. The technician troubleshoots throughout the molding process to ensure maximum machine utilization, production, and quality. They also perform safety checks, cleaning of molds, greasing, and other various maintenance tasks. The role requires reading blueprints, electrical schematics, hydraulic schematics, and ladder logic. Additionally, it involves changing inserts and cores as required, recommending improvements to molds and equipment, and training molding operators in the safe operation of machines and equipment. Ensuring documents are filled out correctly and stopping production if there is a problem with the product, personnel safety, or potential damage to equipment/tooling/process are key responsibilities. The technician must ensure safety and housekeeping policies are followed, as well as engineering and maintenance standards, procedures, Molding MPS, GPS, QAP, and standard operating procedures. In the supervisor's absence, this role may assist by assigning work and ensuring proper and efficient completion of assignments and processes, and providing supervisor input regarding employee work performance. The technician may also assist Mold Engineers in testing repaired tools and/or validating new tools.

Requirements

Education and experience equivalent to a high school diploma.
Six years of molding experience, with two of those years in molding machine and tooling set-up.
Ability to understand materials and processes, problem sources and the correction required.
Ability to learn about and remember key information about parts molded in the department.
Detail oriented.
Good manual dexterity and the ability to perform manual tasks requiring some fine motor skills.
Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills.
Demonstrated team player attributes.
Demonstrated computer skills preferably spreadsheets, word processing, database and other applicable software programs.

Nice To Haves

May assist Mold Engineers in testing of repaired tools and/or the validation of new tools.

Responsibilities

Ensures valid processes on mold machines, auxiliary equipment, and robots.
Ensures that correct materials are utilized, safety checks are performed, and that room organization and clealiness is maintained.
Troubleshoots throughout the molding process to ensure maximum machine utilization, production, and quality.
Perform safety checks, cleaning of molds, greasing and other various maintenance tasks.
Reads blue prints, electrical schematics, hydraulic schematics and ladder logic.
Changes inserts and cores as required.
Recommends improvements to molds and equipment.
Trains molding operators in the safe operation of machines and equipment.
Ensure that documents are filled out correctly.
Stop production if there is a problem with the product, personnel safety or potential damage to the equipment and/or tool and process.
Ensures that safety and housekeeping policies are followed.
Ensures that Engineering and maintenance standards and procedures are followed.
Ensures that Molding MPS, GPS, QAP and standard operating procedures are followed.
Assists supervisor in their absence by assigning work and ensuring the proper and efficient completion of assignments and processes.
Provides supervisor input regarding employee work performance.
May assist Mold Engineers in testing of repaired tools and/or the validation of new tools.
Performs other related duties and tasks as required.