Molding Technician III 6:00pm - 6:00am Rotating Shift D

Merit Medical Systems•South Jordan, UT

About The Position

At Merit Medical, our mission is to create innovative medical devices that improve lives. Our goal is to hire and develop people who want to build something special through hard work, team effort, and commitment. Together, we are making a difference in the lives of patients around the world. This position provides highly skilled and advanced level of mold setup services, detail and problem solving. Assignments are non-routine, have substantial variety, and are very complex. Develops solutions and alternatives to assigned molding problems, including mold process sheets.

Requirements

Education equivalent to a high school diploma.
Seven years of molding experience, with three 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.

Responsibilities

Performs assignments and may assist in planning assignments of a non-routine nature for which operational precedents are not fully applicable.
Assists supervisor with prioritizing and adjusting work duties as needed.
Develops test and process procedures.
Ensures valid processes on mold machines, auxiliary equipment, and robots.
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 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.
Ensures that safety and housekeeping policies are followed.
Ensures the following: Engineering and maintenance standards and procedures are followed. 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 and focuses on multiple duties, prioritizes, and adjusts schedule as necessary.
Performs other related duties and tasks as required.