Tool Room Machinist

Job Description/Summary

The Plastic Injection Toolroom Technician is responsible for maintaining and repairing our Plastic Injection molds to support manufacturing and achieving quality standards.

Essential Functions

• Ability to troubleshoot various issues on plastic components (Gas traps, voids, weld lines, pin push, etc.)
• Disassembles and assembles molds, analyzes and solves mold problems including flashing conditions, galling, venting, cooling problems, Assembles, repairs, inspects, cleans and polishes molds using skill and care while handling
• Understand blueprints, sketches, general instructions to disassemble, inspect, repair, and assemble plastic injection molds
• Perform highly critical assembly operations, refitting, re-venting or making adjustments as necessary to the mold to achieve designed objectives
• Answers technical questions from Manufacturing departments as required
• Maintains equipment maintenance, and repair history records, details of work performed, parts replaced, and the labor hours, as required
• Operate machine shop equipment (Mill, Surface grinder, Lathe)
• EDM, CNC, Welding experience a plus.
• Constructs and repairs machine shop tools, gauges, fixtures, jigs or dies for use within the company
• Ability to solves problems relating to unusual material, work-holding arrangements, machine settings, fabrication methods, and production process
• Provide guidance and training to lower-level technicians
• Performs mold repair work on cavities and cores due to damage or wear
• Trouble shoot and repair all brands of Hot runner systems
• Completes Engineering changes and revisions to molds
• Manufactures new or repairs existing mold components as required
• Interprets drawings and evaluates machining methods on assignments requiring instructions from Toolroom Supervisor on intricate machining setups
• Perform precision work to exacting tolerances and dimensions
• Recommend revisions in design and/or substitutions in material based on "machine-ability" or fabrication problems encountered
• Stones and polishes mold components

Competencies and Abilities

• Report to work on time every day and be at the assigned workstation on time.
• Must be able to communicate well with team and upper management.
• Ability to perform multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment to assure delivery requirements.
• Clear communication skills.
• Ability to follow documented procedures and standards.
• Excellent time-management skills with the ability to work independently with little supervision.

Growth Mindset - Be Bold

• We are never the finished product every failure is a data point, every setback is a setup.

Recognition - Be Together

• We win together. We celebrate together! High performance deserves to be seen named, specific, remembered.

Authenticity - Be Real

• No masks. No politics. Show up as you are, say what you mean, and mean what you say.

Clear Communication - Be Clear

• Say it plainly. Say it once. Say it to the right person. Clarity is kindness.

Extreme Ownership - Be Accountable

• No blame. No excuses. Own the win and the loss. No exceptions.