Paint Injection Molding Process Technician - 1st Shift

Cornerstone Building Brands•Gaffney, SC

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Cornerstone Building Brands is seeking a Paint Injection Molding Process Technician for their 1st shift operations. This role involves comprehensively troubleshooting equipment, establishing and monitoring optimal paint spray patterns and equipment efficiencies, and ensuring high-quality part production with minimal material loss. The technician will also be responsible for setting up and maintaining secondary equipment, diagnosing and resolving paint-related issues, and performing preventive maintenance on all paint equipment. Safety is a top priority, and the technician must be vigilant in eliminating or reporting safety hazards. This position also involves providing guidance to maintenance personnel, taking accountability for a 5S zone, and acting as a backup for various positions on the Hoshin/paint lines. The role requires a proactive approach to downtime, a commitment to continuous improvement through suggestions, and assisting the shift supervisor as needed.

Requirements

LOTO Authorized Training required
Forktruck Authorized Training required
Requires a minimum of 3 years of paint line/equipment experience.
Able to perform duties of all positions in paint area.
Good knowledge of paint equipment / processes
Good knowledge of hand tools and hands on maintenance
Good human relations – ability to work closely with others
Knowledge of parts and rebuild procedures on paint equipment
Able to perform under any given working conditions.
Ability to work in a non-temperature-controlled manufacturing environment
Must be at least 18 years of age to apply.

Responsibilities

Comprehensively troubleshoots equipment, establishes, and monitors optimum variegated paint spray patterns and equipment efficiencies.
Submits good quality first piece start-ups and strives to improve the quality and stability of the overall paint process.
Cycles and starts up all equipment in the least amount of time to achieve a top-quality part with a minimum amount of material loss through reject parts.
Strives to keep all operators and equipment performing at the highest possible efficiency without rejects.
Performs set-up of secondary equipment, such as glue machines, reciprocators, strapping machine, shrink film heat tunnel and reciprocators.
Maintains secondary equipment location system, cleanliness of equipment, and performs preventive maintenance as required.
Pinpoints and determines paint problems and eliminate or correct as fast as possible.
Provides proper care of all paint equipment such as cleaning of equipment, following tagging procedures, trouble shooting of maintenance issues, painting/rebuilding equipment to keep condition in good status and communicate needs to the supervisors.
Follows up daily on maintenance work orders.
Always safety-minded and eliminates or reports all safety problems to supervisor at once.
Always put self and all other employees’ safety first.
Provides guidance to maintenance personnel regarding machine and secondary equipment malfunction issues.
Takes accountability for assigned 5S zone.
Leads and achieves results in respective 5S zone.
Conducts weekly meetings with 5S team to achieve results and to implement countermeasures to sustain results.
Performs duties as a backup for all positions on Hoshin/paint lines.
Performs RTO back outs/audits as needed.
Performs assigned preventive maintenance on all paint equipment.
Reacts to paint department downtime with urgency.
Submits suggestions for improvements on efficiency, cost savings, packaging, etc.
Assists shift supervisor with other duties as needed.