Plastic Injection Molding Technician

A progressive, high quality, custom plastic injection molding company wants to hire an experienced hands-on Plastic Injection Molding Technician to lead seven operators, maintain molds, and molding equipment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Setting-up, operating and processing acceptable quality first piece parts on injection molding machines.
• Checking process of machines to regulate pressure, temperature, and speed and feed rates, and to set cycle times.
• Installing molds into machines to meet production schedules.
• Verifying; machine processes, and recording temperatures, pressures, and cycle times.
• Detecting injection molding press jams and malfunctions, adjusting as required.
• Measuring and visually inspecting products for surface and dimension defects in order to ensure conformance to specifications, using precision measuring instruments.
• Removing molds from machines after production runs are finished.

POSTION REQUIREMENTS:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum of 3 Years of Injection Molding process and equipment maintenance experience.
• Strong Mechanical Aptitude
• Team Leader experience
• Good Communication Skills

In addition to an annual salary in the $70,000 to $80,000 range, the company offers competitive benefits.