Plastics Molding Line Technician

Job Description

Job Description

What a day looks like

You arrive, review the production schedule, and bring multiple molding and packaging lines to life. You verify machine set points, load the correct sleeves, labels, and materials by part number, and get an extrusion blow mold humming while the injection mold warms up. As production runs, you keep a sharp eye on quality: pulling samples, checking them against specs, and capturing production/quality data with a data collector or by hand. If a hiccup appears, you troubleshoot, make precise adjustments, and document the issue, root cause, and fix. Between lots, you clean filters, monitor purging, and restart equipment after maintenance. You support teammates by providing break coverage and coaching newer Technician Operators.

Core responsibilities

• Start up, adjust, and run production equipment; routinely confirm machine set points are correct.
• Operate a range of machinery: extrusion blow mold, extrusion machine, injection blow mold, injection mold, labelers, pad printers, and silk-screens.
• Perform minor maintenance, clean filters, and oversee purging to keep lines stable.
• Verify sleeves, boxes, labels, and materials match the job (by part number) before and during runs.
• Conduct in-process quality checks; compare samples to specifications and respond quickly to any deviation.
• Escalate repair needs to a supervisor and restart equipment once maintenance is complete.
• Complete documentation on issues, causes, and corrective actions; close out production runs with accurate records.
• Maintain housekeeping standards; uphold all safety, food safety, and food quality practices.
• Assist in training Technician Operators and provide relief during breaks and lunches.
• Contribute on special projects and other related duties as needed.

Occasional tasks

• As needed, form boxes, pack or test products.
• Apply labels to finished goods.

Role scope

Supervision: None

What you bring

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent, plus mechanical aptitude and technical exposure to packaging, plastics, and printing equipment.
• Experience: 1–3 years operating machinery in the packaging/plastics space.
• Skills:
  • Language: Able to read, write, and communicate at a basic level.
  • Math: Comfortable with arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry; compute fractions, percentages, ratios, proportions, variables, and formulas.
  • Reasoning: Use practical logic to solve problems with multiple variables; interpret written, verbal, diagrammatic, or scheduled instructions.
  • Computers: Basic–intermediate proficiency; familiarity with CNC machines.

Tools and technology

Mechanic’s tools, calipers, gauges, scales; extrusion blow mold machines, extrusion equipment, injection molds, injection blow molds, lining machines, labelers, pad printers, and silk-screen equipment.

Licenses/Certifications

None required; a fork truck license may be needed.

Physical and visual demands

• Regular standing, walking, bending, lifting, moving, talking, hearing, pushing, carrying, reaching, and grasping.
• Normal mental and visual attention with manual coordination, including periods of concentrated focus.
• Near and far visual clarity, sharp focus, depth/spatial judgment, and color differentiation.
• Light to medium work: exert up to 50 lbs of force continuously and up to 50 lbs frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or move objects.

Work environment

Close proximity to moving mechanical parts; exposure to noise, dust, elevated temperatures, heat from equipment, hot water, hot plastic, and heater bands used to melt plastic.

Protective gear may include a hair net, safety glasses, earplugs, and gloves.

Accessibility and legal notices

Special Requirements:

The physical demands and environment described are essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essentials of this job.

"Commonly associated" is not intended to mean always or only. There are different experiences that suggest other ways or circumstances where reasonable changes or accommodations are appropriate.