Reports to
Production Manager
Responsibilities
- Ensuring that all work undertaken or supervised is carried out safely and without injury
- Ensuring that all food safety issues are reported to the appropriate manager or supervisor
- Initiating corrective action, such as issuing work orders for non-conformances related to injection and vision system processes.
- Operating: injection molding machines, vision systems, down-stream equipment, and material feed equipment
- Monitoring critical process parameters on the injection machines, vision systems, color feeders, color blenders, and secondary systems
- Establishing optimum calculated alarm parameters around the baseline process
- Packaging and tagging product
- Troubleshooting of process and auxiliary equipment
- Auditing box counts and vision system to verify that the equipment is working correctly.
Skills
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Intermediate computer skills
- Molding knowledge related to troubleshooting and resin behavior
- Good math and mechanical skills
- Working knowledge of basic hydraulic/electric/pneumatic/vision systems
- Ability to lift 35 pounds unassisted and work standing for 12 hours
- Effective time management skills
Experience
- At least 2 years of experience with processing injection mold machines and secondary equipment.
- Formal plastic process training such as scientific molding, Paulson, or equivalent preferred.
- ISO or similar quality system and SQF or similar food safety system.
Reports & Records
- Nil