Performs maintenance on molds and machines used for injection molding or casting of plastics and other materials. In this career, your responsibilities are to clean and maintain molds and equipment, perform inspections on mold components, and repair any damages to the mold or machinery. Your duties may also include operating molding machines, swapping out manufacturing molds, and creating reports on the molding machines to track maintenance performed or issues that arise with the equipment. You must be well versed in the safety procedures of the company regarding machine operation and may instruct other employees on these practices.
Must have great attention to detail
• Able to identify all molds and steam chests
• Perform light welding on both metal and aluminum
• Perform light soldering
• Utilize the Microsoft tablet for documenting
• Establish folders in the system for mold pictures, setups and maintenance logs
• Ability to identify and use different size taps and recoils
• Perform end of run checks on all molds
• Test and calibrate all fill guns
• Build jigs and fixtures as needed
• Perform light work on mill, lathe and saw
• Create and maintain a preventative maintenance list for each mold
• Perform a variety of inspections on molds and equipment
• Troubleshoot machines
• Keep Supervisor informed of any mold/fill gun issues
• Have inventory of items needed to maintain molds and fill guns
• Ensure that molds are performing effectively and efficiently
• Make offsets and adjustments as required to compensate for mold wear or changes
• Help reduce production failures and improve yields
• Optimize the set up process and reduce overall set up time
• Tune in machines
• Ability to read a caliper and tape measure
• Help identify, develop and implement cost-saving measures
• Take independent actions as needed to accomplish goals
• Keep clean and organized work area