Immediate opening on 1st shift at a local Injection Molding facility

Responsibilities

• Maintain production equipment including performing preventive and predictive maintenance as required.
• Troubleshoot injection molding machines and other manufacturing equipment. Includes identifying cost-effective.
  methods of making repairs and maintaining equipment.
• Review and interpret work orders, tie-ins, technical manuals, and machine operational instructions.
• Analyze drawings, sketches, hydraulic schematics, and specifications when available.
• Communicate with production employees to determine details of repairs required on equipment.
• Develop maintenance procedures when documentation is not available.
• Maintain other hydraulic, electrical, structural components, and/or pneumatic systems; Includes preventative maintenance tasks.
• Identify potential mechanical, or safety-related operational issues and makes suggestions for resolution.
• Disassemble hydraulic pumps, motors, controls, and sub-assemblies as necessary. Reassemble pumps, motors, valves, controls, and sub-assemblies using required components in a cost-effective manner to conform to installation specifications of original manufacturer. Mount, couple or connect as required to test conformance to
  original manufacturer’s specifications.
• Maintain and repair plant infrastructure as required. Including troubleshooting and repairing conveyors, worktables, fixtures, dryers, grinders, machine guards, assembly equipment and gauges. Inspects all parts for conformance to specifications.
• Prepare written documentation of work to be performed including but not limited to, bill of materials, stock in report, purchase requisition and computer documentation sheet.
• Demonstrate the ability to plan and sequence work including ordering parts and staging necessary tools and equipment.
• Keep written or computer-based records; basic keyboarding skills; effective multi-tasking on work assignments with critical priorities.
• Utilize safe working practices in a thermoplastic injection molding environment, especially energy lock-out procedures.
• Welding Skills are a plus.

Ability to

• Work safely and effectively on multiple tasks.
• Follow all OSHA PPE, Lockout/Tagout, Confined Space, Fall Protection and lifting guidelines.
• Read and understand blueprints, wiring schematics, and machinery diagrams and specifications in troubleshooting and/or making repairs.
• Work independently with sound judgment; use basic math, grammar, and spelling to communicate maintenance issues/repair status/costs
• Effectively communicate with others in a multi-shift manufacturing environment.
• May be required to work at heights greater than 4 feet, climb ladders, understand confined space protocols, and utilize fall protection equipment.
• Able to work around electromagnetic fields generated by production equipment.
• Lift loads of greater than 10 pounds and safely use fork truck or cranes as necessary.

Benefits

• Benefit waiting period may apply
• Weekly Pay
• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Yearly bonus
• Salary reviews

Schedule

• Full Time
• 8-hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday – Friday

Experience

• 3-5 years of maintenance experience with applicable schooling preferred.

Education

• High school graduate or GED preferred.
• Prefer two-year degree, diploma, or certificate from an accredited vocational or technical institute.

Staroba Plastics, Holland, NY

Experience

• Mold Maker or machinist: 3 years minimum (Preferred)

Required to

• Program, set-up and operate precision CNC and manual tool room equipment.
• Work with Tool Room Manager to take projects from concept to production.
• Perform advanced shop math and advanced blueprint reading.
• Apply concepts of trigonometry.
• Follow robust, repeatable, industry-standard mold making processes
• Perform dimensional inspection activities during mold build/repair process.
• Regularly lift and/or move steel plates manually and with a crane or fork truck.
• Occasionally lift and/or move items up to 50 pounds.
• Possess strong computer and organizational skills.
• Provide personal tools including measuring instruments and other items standard to the mold building process.
• Be a self-starter.

Benefits

• Waiting period may apply
• Weekly pay
• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule

• Full Time
• 8-hour shift
• Monday – Friday