Injection Molding Equipment Reliability Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Shape the uptime of our plastics operation

Picture your day starting on the manufacturing floor, where you triage a press throwing alarms. You listen for irregularities, observe motion profiles, and work through a Plan–Do–Check–Act cycle to pinpoint the root cause. From there, you’ll decide whether to rebuild a valve stack, chase a hydraulic leak, or swap a drive component—then prove the fix by restarting the line and validating performance before handing it back to production.

• Investigate malfunctioning equipment, apply structured troubleshooting, and determine true root causes of failures.
• Execute preventive maintenance and corrective repairs across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems on injection molding machines, support equipment, material handling systems, and automated cells (including robotics and custom manufacturing cells).
• Maintain facility infrastructure and controls critical to manufacturing; perform general building repairs as needed.
• Inspect by sight and sound to locate faults; dismantle machinery to access problem areas; measure and assess wear, misalignment, or damage.
• Replace worn or defective drive and hydraulic components; trace, measure, cut, thread, and install new air or hydraulic piping.
• Start up and validate equipment after repair to confirm success and minimize downtime.
• Repair components in-house when practical or source suitable replacements.
• Carry out routine and preventive maintenance on presses, auxiliaries, automation cells, and facility systems.
• Follow all safety regulations; perform safety inspections across equipment and the plant.
• Identify and communicate potential machine hazards affecting people or equipment and recommend mitigations.
• Document findings, actions, and results during PMs and repairs.
• Support maintenance tasks for tooling and production equipment to ensure readiness for application.
• Train, mentor, and coach fellow technicians on maintenance best practices.
• Consistent, on-time attendance—arrive ready to work each day.
• Jump in on additional duties that help the team succeed.

• Mechanical troubleshooting across complex machinery.
• Pneumatics systems and diagnostics.
• Hydraulic systems, components, and fault isolation.
• Industrial electrical systems and controls.
• Injection molding processes and equipment.
• Blueprint and schematic reading.

• HVAC systems and facility controls.
• Injection molding presses: Toshiba, Arburg, Engel, Nissei, Sumitomo.
• Power tools and precision instruments.
• ERP software for maintenance documentation.
• Industrial robots and automated cells.