Process Technician

Mold-Rite Plastics • Plattsburgh, NY

5d

About The Position

The Process Technician troubleshoots, repairs, and maintains manufacturing equipment and facility systems to support safe and efficient operations and minimize downtime. The role performs preventive and corrective maintenance and supports Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) through routine equipment checks, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement to improve reliability and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). The technician starts up and shuts down injection molding machines, performs mold and plate changes, installs related automation equipment, processes injection molding machines, and adjusts equipment to address production issues and defects. The position also includes completing required paperwork, identifying product styles and codes, and carrying out tooling size changes within a reasonable time.

The role supports workplace safety, housekeeping, and 5S practices by identifying hazards and safety gaps, initiating corrective actions, and contributing to improvements. It also monitors and verifies that incoming and outgoing finished goods and raw materials meet consumer safety and quality standards, follows food safety and quality assurance procedures, and reports failures that could affect food safety to the location’s Food Safety Team Leader.

Requirements

• Ability to communicate and read basic work instructions.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred 3–5 years of experience in an industrial environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform injection molding machine start-ups and shut-downs.
• Perform mold and plate changes (PLB).
• Install related automation equipment.
• Process injection molding machines.
• Troubleshoot part defects and make adjustments.
• Make necessary or routine machine adjustments to support continuous production.
• Adjust equipment to correct production defects and unfreeze machines.
• Complete all necessary paperwork accurately and on time.
• Know and identify different styles of caps and jars and their codes, including S, RS, RM, and RMX.
• Perform tooling changes (size) within a reasonable amount of time.
• Perform other duties as assigned by immediate management.
• Support a culture in which employees address unsafe conditions and behaviors, suggest improvements, and participate in implementing solutions.
• Identify safety gaps and initiate corrective actions.
• Adhere to plant safety, housekeeping, and 5S efforts.
• Understand, identify, and correct safety hazards.
• Help foster a culture that empowers employees to understand and take ownership of their responsibilities.
• Monitor and verify that finished goods and raw materials entering and leaving the facility meet consumer safety and quality standards.
• Comply with company food safety and quality assurance procedures.
• Report product or process failures that could affect food safety to the location’s Food Safety Team Leader and submit an appropriate incident report.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed