Plastics Process Technician, 3rd Shift

Alphapointe•Kansas City, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As part of its mission, Alphapointe provides preferential hiring to people with vision impairments (legally blind). Alphapointe is a non-profit agency whose mission is to empower people with vision loss to achieve their goals and aspirations. Alphapointe offers a great working environment that's both challenging and satisfying as well as an array of benefits including medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, PTO, paid holidays and flexible spending options as well as a generous 401(k).

Requirements

Functional knowledge of injection and blow molding machines.
Experience with the installation and setup of tools into molding machines
Ability to problem solve machine systems and auxiliary equipment
Required minimum 2 years’ experience in plastics molding industry.
Ability to work in a loud, manufacturing environment
Must be able to work extended shifts and weekends as necessary

Nice To Haves

Familiar with GMP and ISO guidelines

Responsibilities

Responsible for increasing molding output and efficiencies by troubleshooting issues and developing new processes.
Provide technical support to manufacturing for capability issues, technical improvements, and daily processing activities.
Operate auxiliary equipment to support molding operation such as mold temperature control units, grinders, robots, and pickers.
Do daily/weekly PM’s as assigned
Participate on teams to help achieve operational goals
Drive molding process improvements to include cycle time efficiencies, cavitation, scrap reduction, and establishment of optimal processing parameters.
Support process improvement, reduction of downtime, cost reduction, and corrective action
Assist in the set-up, repair, and troubleshooting of molding equipment.
Establish the parameters for an optimal molding environment
Ensure the environment meets all safety requirements
Operate hot/cold runner molds
Assist in physical inventories