Molding Maintenance Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Molding Maintenance Technician

Location: Grandview, MO

Reports To: Molding Maintenance Supervisor

SUMMARY:

An injection molding maintenance technician repairs, troubleshoots, and performs preventative maintenance on plastic injection molding presses and auxiliary equipment to maximize plant uptime.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

· Observe equipment in operation and evaluates potential problems for future repairs.

· Diagnose and fix mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic problems on injection molding machines.

· Dismantle equipment to gain access to and remove defective parts. Repairs or replaces defective parts

· Fabricate, install electrical circuits and design electrical prints.

· Ability to read and interpret electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic drawings.

· Adjust functional parts of equipment and control instruments.

· Input work orders notes/job hours into CMMS system.

· Install special functional and structural parts in equipment.

· Lubricates and cleans parts.

· Perform scheduled and planned maintenance activities.

· Strong understanding of hydraulics, pneumatics, AC/DC electrical systems, and basic PLC troubleshooting.

· Starts equipment to test their performance.

· Set up and operate lathe, drill press, mill, grinder, and other metalworking tools to repair or make spare parts.

· Repairs electrical equipment.

· Dismantle hydraulic cylinders valves and components and rebuild by replacing worn parts. Locate and repair hydraulic leaks.

· Ability to troubleshoot manufacturing equipment under minimal supervision.

· Replace motors, repair and troubleshoot motor controls.

· Trouble-shoot and repair electric motors.

· Replace conveyor belts by removing and disassembling conveyors.

· Develop cost savings ideas.

· Install and set up molding machinery.

· Understand and have the ability to troubleshoot servo, and frequency controls.

· Develop and install special machine functions to work with injection molds.

· Complete other duties as assigned by supervisor / lead.

· Must follow all work rules and policies.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The individual must be self-motivated and demonstrate critical thinking / problem solving skills. Experience in performing effective RCA is a plus. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

3 to 5+ years of industrial maintenance experience, ideally working directly with plastics or injection molding machinery. Deep working knowledge of hydraulic systems, pneumatic circuits, and industrial electrical systems (up to 480 V).

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percentage.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to handle problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the 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 is regularly required to stand, walk, talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and sit, bend, stoop, twist, kneel, squat, or crawl.

The employee must regularly lift and/or