3rd Shift Production Lead - Plastic Injection Molding Specialist

3rd Shift Production Lead – Plastic Injection Molding Specialist

Up to $60,000 • Ixonia, WI Area • 100% Onsite • Modern, Debt-Free Facility

The Opportunity: Step into a critical, hands-on leadership role with a rock-solid, ISO-certified custom molder that treats its technology—and its people—with elite priority. While most plastics shops force night crews to fight ancient, breaking equipment, 90% of the manufacturing machinery here is less than four years old. Serving a highly diversified multi-market customer base, this debt-free organization offers unmatched job security and an enviable culture where the average employee tenure exceeds 10 years.

This isn't a desk job where you push paper; it's a high-influence, lead-by-example position. You will have total ownership over the overnight operation—setting the pace, fine-tuning processing parameters, and passing down your technical trade secrets to a tight-knit team. Backed by a management structure that genuinely respects off-shift staff and accommodates employee well-being, this is a premium professional home to ground your manufacturing career.

What You Will Be Doing

• Shift Command: Serving as the hands-on floor supervisor for 3rd shift operations, managing line scheduling, and keeping a small team motivated and safe.
• Technical Mold Setups: Executing end-to-end tooling changeovers, safely hanging molds, setting up water lines, mixing raw materials, and loading resins into drying systems.
• Process Troubleshooting: Diagnosing and correcting molding defects (sinks, splay, short shots, flash) by adjusting pressures, temperatures, and cycle times to lock in optimized processing windows.
• Material Infrastructure: Managing sequential material changes, including meticulously cleaning hoppers, auxiliary loaders, and grinders to prevent cross-contamination.
• ISO Quality Control: Conducting part sampling inspections and executing physical quality checks against drawing specs to ensure 100% compliance with ISO standards.
• Workforce Development: Training operators on standard operating procedures, lean 5S workspace cleanliness, and strict facility safety protocols.

What We Are Looking For

• Injection Molding Pedigree: A minimum of 2 years of dedicated, hands-on experience in tool setup and processing logic. You must know how a press breathes, not just how to hit a cycle button.
• Mechanical & Polymer Literacy: Strong foundational mechanical aptitude with a solid understanding of different resin characteristics (engineering grade vs. commodity plastics) and custom molding constraints.
• Lead-by-Example Mindset: A reliable, calm supervisor who takes pride in stepping up, diagnosing floor bottlenecks, and maintaining a high-efficiency workflow without direct oversight.
• Employment Longevity: A stable, reliable work history that shows commitment and professional growth rather than frequent job-hopping.