JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary:

The Injection Molding Process Technician ensures that tools are installed and removed from presses in a safe and timely manner and that all machine settings are correct for the particular process currently running.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Initiate machine process, make adjustments within process tolerance and recommend any changes for improved efficiencies to the Molding Process Engineer.
• Continually monitor all processes related to injection molding.
• Analyze and resolve any process problems.  Resolve any product non-conformity issues that may arise per quality standard.
• Assist the Molding Process Engineer in the set-up and start-up of new tools and resins for trials.
• Optimizing robot programs to minimize cycle time, and adhere to gripper confirmation standards for injection molding process.

Environmental, Health & Safety:

• Support the protection of the environment, personal safety, prevention of pollution and the continual improvement of the Environmental Management System.  
• Providing leadership to Engineering team in preventing accident and ensure compliance with OSHA and EPA/TCEQ standards.  This includes continuously monitor the workplace for hazardous environmental, health, and safety conditions.
• Ensure environmental, health and safety hazards are corrected, eliminated or guarded as related to Engineering team
• Assisting in the investigation of accidents. 
• Having the authority to: Stop and prevent unsafe actions; stop the use of unsafe equipment and tools, stop work and/or have employees leave a work area
• Ability to participate in investigation of near misses and other environmental/safety-related incidents that have occurred
• Ensure that all department related incident reports are completed in a timely and accurate manner

Education and Experience:

• Degree in a technical field of study. Must have experience processing plastics and setting tools as well as knowledge of automation systems and controls.
• Work experience combined with current related schooling will be considered. 5 years minimum injection molding experience required. Experience with large tonnage injection molding (1500 ton +) is preferred.
• Husky and Haitain machine experiece is a plus. Automotive injection molding experience is preffered.
• Sepro and Husky robot programming is preferred.
• Must be familiar with MS Office

PRIMARY LOCATION

Avanzar San Antonio Facility