Mold Maker Journeyman

Company Description

Remember the last time you opened a bottle of champagne? A cold beer after a hard day's work or a bottle of sparkling mineral water to quench your thirst? Well, it was probably made by us. We are O-I and we love that we make more glass containers than anyone in the world.


O-I has more than a century of experience crafting pure, sustainable, brand-building glass packaging for many of the world's best-known food and beverage brands. We are proud to provide high quality glass packaging for beer, wine, spirits, food, non-alcoholic beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.


Why do you want to apply? Our Lapel plant is a great location because you can experience the strong sense of community found in a small Midwestern town, while being less than an hour from Indianapolis and having access to everything that a major city has to offer. RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROVIDED FOR QUALIFIED CANDIDATES!

Job Description

The Mold Maker Journeyman will be responsible for performing new mold work, work on rough or semi-finished castings which are made into completed parts and make corrections or changes on unused mold equipment.

The Mold Maker Journeyman will:

• Perform lathe work and makes, without use of profile, the following equipment from semi-finished castings: molds (excluding cavity), mold holders, mold bushings (outside diameter), round bottom plates, blanks (excluding cavity), baffle holders, baffle inserts, guide rings, guide ring inserts, blow head inserts, blow head holders, guide ring holders. The operator is also responsible for grinding own tools.
• Perform bench work operations including blending, shaping, and matching cavities, making capacity corrections, necessary cavity relief and pantograph work where standard numerals and monograms are used.
• Perform mill work consisting of making molds, blanks, baffles, bottoms, funnels and odd-shaped cavities - or cavities involving flutes, rib decorations, or matches where cavity cast rack displacement must be held to close tolerances. Responsible for grinding tapered, fly cutter arch, and other cutting tools, installing them, and making necessary mill adjustments.

The Mold Maker Journeyman should have:

• Machine lathe and mill experience, automatic CNC mill and lathe knowledge is desirable
• Experience reading blueprints and drawings
• Experience with bench repair and welding
• Ability to use all precision measuring device
• Prior experience in an industrial manufacturing environment

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or Equivalent
• Journeyman Mold Maker Card Required
• CNC certification and/or CNC experience is desirable.

Additional Information

What We Offer:

Hourly Wage: The hourly wage for this position is $43.83

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROVIDED!

O-I offers a very generous benefit package - some of the highlights are:

• Vacation time and paid holidays
• Medical, dental, prescription and vision care coverage
• Pre-tax accounts
• Well-being program which includes opportunity to earn employer contributions
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• 401(k) retirement saving plans with employer contributions
• Financial advisors to assist with retirement planning and financial wellness
• Employee Assistance Program

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

O-I is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other protected category.

Qualified individuals with disabilities or disabled veterans who are unable or limited in their ability to apply on this site may request reasonable accommodations by emailing View email address on click.appcast.io.

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