Molding Technician

Job Details

• Job Location: Tacoma, WA 98409
• Position Type: Full Time
• Salary Range: $28.00 - $34.00 Hourly
• Job Shift: Any
• Job Category: Manufacturing

JOB TITLE: MOLDING TECHICIAN

REPORTS TO: MOLDING MANAGER DIRECT REPORTS: N/A

POSITION SUMMARY

This position’s responsibility is to sustain operation, at an optimum level, of the Injection Molding Production Department. Performed with efficiency, cleanliness, and punctuality. With the sole purpose of producing molded product according to our customers’ needs and specifications.

ELEMENTS RELATED TO THE FUNCTION

• Position Type:
  Non-Exempt
• Location:
  
  Demgy Pacific, LLC, Tacoma WA

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly is required to stand for 10 to 12 hours; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk and hear. The employee will occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include able to see with 20/20 vision to assess cosmetic requirements: close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

APPLICABLE METRICS

• Labor reporting percentage (daily avg)
• Labor reported within BOM setup times, vs labor outside of setup times (should be a ratio)
• Setup and troubleshooting scrap (qty) vs standard cost total
• Damaged tooling/equipment on setup, teardown, startup or operation (number of instances)
• Adhere to the Demgy Pacific attendance point system
• Adhere to the Demgy Pacific job variance to standard metric
• Adhere to the Demgy Pacific Safety protocols

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Start or re-start jobs using an established process with minimal start-up rejects
• Adjust processing parameters, within defined limits, to maintain a consistent and quality product
• Effectively purge a machine completely clean, to transition from one material to the next
• In an efficient and orderly fashion, setup/teardown molds in various injection molding machines
• Follow a cooling diagram (mold drawing) and route coolant lines in an efficient and orderly fashion
• Verify all auxiliary equipment for a job is set up in an orderly fashion and functions properly
• Use a variety of hand tools in an appropriate and safe manner
• Proficiency in the ERP system (IQMS) as it pertains to the position of Molding Technician
• Generate work orders (MRO’s) for mold or equipment repair
• Record scrap created when starting a machine, troubleshooting, or re-establishing process
• Record time spent on tasks accurately
• Consistently clean molds, presses, auxiliary equipment and the production floor
• Identify obvious reject conditions and how to correct them (processing)
• At the discretion of the quality department, correct less obvious reject conditions (processing)
• Operation of injection molding machines in support of production needs
• Assist the floor lead in the giving of operator breaks in the event of a staffing shortage
• Operate a forklift and pallet jack
• Properly stage and store molds, auxiliary equipment, and materials in a clean and organized fashion
• Operation of all the auxiliary items required on the production floor, including mold heaters, dryers, DME Hot Runner Controls, Vacuum Verification units, Core mules, and Automation (pickers, robots, conveyors, and chutes)
• Able to perform the responsibilities of the Material Handler in the event of a staffing shortage, including the disassembly and cleaning of dehumidifying dryers
• Able to perform the responsibilities of the Setup Technician in the event of a staffing shortage
• Perform tasks with minimal supervision
• Above all, perform the previously listed tasks in a safe manner, including the use of PPE when necessary

EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Uphold and comply with Demgy’s Code of Ethics and Conduct
• Follow safety policies
• Contribute to the success of the company’s environmental, health & safety program
• Maintain a positive working relationship with co‑workers…