Plastics Manufacturing Mechatronics Technician

Join Us to Elevate Uptime

Do you thrive where precision molding meets advanced automation? In this mechatronics-focused maintenance role, you’ll safeguard the reliability of injection molding presses and a suite of automated assets—hot runner systems, thermolators, thermocouples, bowl feeders, 6-axis robots, vision/camera systems, and PLC-controlled equipment. Your mission: reduce downtime, accelerate recoveries, and champion preventive maintenance that keeps production flowing.

Your Mission

• Own equipment recovery—respond quickly to alarms, faults, and abnormal conditions with safe, structured troubleshooting.
• Diagnose across disciplines: electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and controls.
• Work from schematics and documentation to service control panels, replace sensors/motors/drives/relays/wiring, and validate interlocks and I/O.
• Support mold changes, startups, and changeovers to sustain throughput and quality.
• Lead reliability improvements—develop, execute, and refine PM tasks by analyzing failure history and recurring issues.

How You’ll Collaborate

• Partner with production and operations to prioritize repairs and schedule maintenance.
• Engage OEMs and vendors for technical support, parts, and training; recommend spares and upgrades.
• Keep maintenance areas, tools, and parts organized and ready.
• Record work with clarity—issues found, downtime drivers, and corrective actions taken.

Influence Without Direct Reports

No formal supervisory duties, yet you’ll guide others day-to-day on safe work practices, troubleshooting tactics, and minor repair approaches.

Authority You Hold

• Stop or shut down equipment for safety or to prevent damage.
• Execute repairs within scope; escalate significant failures and controls issues.
• Recommend improvements, spares, and vendor engagement.
• Support return-to-service after maintenance or adjustments.

Outcomes That Define Success

• High uptime across molding and automated cells.
• PM completed on time and to standard.
• Swift, safe responses to breakdowns.
• Reduced repeat failures and scrap linked to equipment health.
• Accurate, timely maintenance records.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 3+ years of industrial maintenance experience in manufacturing.
• Hands-on experience supporting plastic injection molding in production.
• Proficiency troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
• Ability to interpret electrical schematics and work on industrial electrical systems safely.
• Exposure to automation, controls, or robotics in a plant environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Journeyman or senior-level industrial maintenance experience.
• Training in electrical, mechatronics, or industrial maintenance.
• Experience with 6-axis robots, automated cells, vision systems, bowl feeders, and PLC automation.
• History of building or enhancing preventive maintenance programs.
• Experience with mold changes, molding startups, and process issue troubleshooting.
• OEM training on robots, presses, automation systems, or related equipment.

Workstyle & Environment

• Day shift, Monday–Friday, with occasional weekends, overtime, off-hours support as needed.
• Active manufacturing floor exposure: molding equipment, robotics, electrical systems, moving machinery, noise, and heat.
• Occasional domestic travel for training, vendor collaboration, or projects.

Physical Expectations

• Long periods of standing/walking, frequent bending, stooping, reaching, and crouching; regular tool use and repetitive motions.
• Intermittent desk/computer tasks.
• Lift up to 50 lbs.
• Strong visual acuity for reading documentation and inspecting equipment.
• Manual dexterity to operate tools, test gear, keyboards, and related devices.

Safety Mindset

• Follow all safety rules, procedures, and lockout/tagout practices.
• Report hazards, near misses, and injuries promptly; assist with corrective and preventive actions.
• Apply safe methods during troubleshooting, repair, mold changes, startups, shutdowns, and recoveries.

Technical Proficiencies

• Mechanical troubleshooting
• 120/208/240/480 VAC power
• Electrical diagnostics
• Maintenance and repair
• Industrial electrical systems
• Equipment diagnostics and troubleshooting
• Mechanical component repair
• Lockout/Tagout (LOTO)

Equipment & Platforms

• Injection Molding: Engel, Haitian
• PLCs: Fanuc, Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi
• Vision: Keyence

Other Requirements

• Must be able to successfully complete pre-employment screenings, including a background check, in accordance with company policy and applicable law.

Additional Safety Credential

Working knowledge of lockout/tagout (LOTO) and the discipline to apply it consistently in an industrial environment.