Process Technician

About This Role

This role supports department objectives by leading plastic department improvements and ensuring maximum productivity, job safety, and quality. It requires competencies in training, setup, molding, tooling, quality inspection, and leadership, and suits a candidate with hands-on experience in injection molding and plastic polymers.

Responsibilities

• Assist manufacturing floor with machine efficiency, productivity, and other daily tasks
• Implement lean manufacturing techniques to support process improvements, inventory reduction, and overall operating efficiencies within the area
• Maintain, modify, and enhance injection molding processes to minimize scrap, reduce downtime and optimize cycle time, including programming and setting up parameters of injection machines
• Assist with preparation for start of work to ensure machines are ready
• Respond to problems by performing corrective technical solutions or troubleshoot plastic injection molding problems through processing ability
• Participate in troubleshooting and problem-solving projects on any production related issue
• Enter data from shift into tracker daily at end of shift
• Recommend modifications to existing methods or procedures
• Assist with training for entry-level Process Injection Technicians and manufacturing associates, evaluate training programs and adjust as needed to ensure their development
• Ensure molds and material are set up to meet production demand per BOM from shop order
• Perform mold setups on daily basis or as often as needed
• Assist with change of injection molding tools according to setup procedures as often as needed
• Assist with change of material according to setup procedure and BOM from shop order as often as needed
• Maintain an organized environment in the area throughout the day
• Ensure scrap bins are emptied as needed
• Ensure bulk storage area is clean and always organized
• Troubleshoot and adjust molding parameters to maintain quality and maximum product output
• Observe quality of all production leaving the work area
• Assist or lead with quality checks and inspections
• Notify Quality Tech of quality issues and assist with correction of production quality as necessary
• Consistently demonstrate and incorporate principles of safety for self and others into daily activities
• Attend required safety training and participate in emergency drills and exercises
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• High School Diploma
• Minimum of five years

experience of hands-on injection molding and similar experience dealing with plastic polymers