Job Details
TECHNICIAN
Plastic Injection Molding Set-Up Technician Connellsville, PA Posted: 8/24/2022
Job Description
Job ID#:
4949
Job Category:
TECHNICIAN
Position Type:
Permanent Full Time
Technical Solutions Inc. is currently seeking a Plastic Injection Molding Set-up Technician for our client, a Western Pennsylvania manufacturer. The Plastics Molding Setup Person will set plastic injection molds of all sizes and complexities in a variety of plastic injection molding machines to be able to efficiently produce quality parts. The setup person will be responsible for maintaining the process during the production run and assisting molding machine operators as needed.
Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities:
- Removes mold and auxiliary equipment from press and returns equipment to proper location. Sets next mold, locates and fastens on press, adjusts by shimming, sets ejection, sets pins, sets and adjusts to prescribed pressures, stroke, and temperatures, changing piping as required. Sample parts visually as well as dimensionally using micrometers, depth gauges, Federal dial indicators, etc.
- Set and adjust machine controls according to specifications or from instructions of supervisor. Use all available setup records as a guide to machine setup in relation to machine cycles, temperature settings, etc.
- Setup and prepare auxiliary equipment such as temperature controllers, conveyors, resin dryers, finishing tools, drill press, tapping head, etc.
- Report to supervisor any setups that cannot be run in accordance with prescribed methods.
- Have machine in operation and producing acceptable parts, checked by inspection, before releasing for production operation.
- Instruct operator on proper operation of machine such as loading and unloading machine, etc.
- Acknowledge and correct molding difficulties. Report to supervisor of all problems and all difficulties with molding process
- Maintain accurate records on job starting and stopping times, production counts, and machine downtime.
- Maintain a clean and orderly work area, quantity, quality, and safety standards or procedures.
- Perform additional job duties not outlined but within the scope of the job activities as directed
Job Requirements
Education, Experience, Skills, Abilities:
- Five (5) years of plastics injection molding set-up and processing experience
- Experience with robotic load/unload/packing equipment is highly preferred
- Hand-on set-up related experience with plastic injection molding machines, cranes, various hand tools, temperature controllers, drill press, tapping arms, pick and place robots, etc.
Physical Demands:
(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
- May be required on occasion to lift and carry 25-30 pounds and up to 55 lbs. on rare occasion
- Regularly required to stand, reach, bend, walk, climb, and move about the facility.
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