Plastic Injection Mold Operator & Machine Set-up

MACHINE OPERATOR

Maxon Plastics, Inc. is a small, family-owned plastics Injection Molding company looking for machine operator. The primary responsibility is completing the molding machine production and maintenance of the equipment.

Essential Functions

• Perform mold set-up and adjustment on molding and production equipment, equipment troubleshooting and repairs, preventative maintenance, material quality checks, material handling, emptying machine hoppers, and operator instructions.
• Maintain equipment's proper operation to include verifying set-up parameters of process and quality monitors as well as condition of machine; periodically checking machine cycle time to verify yields are met, daily quality of parts and overall consistency of product.
• Perform other production functions such as machine operation, operator relief, shipping (building and wrapping skids).
• Follow all safety and security guidelines.
• Ensure comprehensive and complete communication with operations manager as relates to production status, labor, quality, and maintenance.
• Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
• Load inserts and unload parts as needed.
• Remove excess flash from part.
• Package and label products appropriately.
• Remove and dispose of scrap as instructed.
• Maintains clean work area.
• Identify products leaving each applicable work center per available resources.
• Positions and secures product in holding device or fixtures for drilling, tapping, milling or any other fixturing operations.
• Assemble components to produce finished products.
• Notifies manager if they have more than 5 pieces of scrap in any given hour.
• Required to be at work station once given your job assignment.
• Read and understand work instructions.
• May be required to maintain production from multiple machines.

Required

• Minimum of 1-3 years of experience in Injection Molded plastics.
• Ability to resolve maintenance/manufacturing requirements both through management direction and independent process analysis.
• Must process good communication/interpersonal skills, good visual skills for accessing functionality of equipment, above basic mathematical skills and reasoning ability.
• Must be able to work Monday through Friday 7:00am until 3:30pm.

Preferred

• Able to lift 55 pounds occasionally.
• Able to remain stationary for extended length of time, typically one hour.
• Constantly operate production equipment.
• Must have dexterity to inspect the quality of Plastic Injection Molds.