Lead Process Technician - Plastic Injection Molding - Base Salary to 60k/year - Providence, RI - Allsearch Recruiting
Providence, RI
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Lead Process Technician - Plastic Injection Molding - Base Salary to 60k/year - Providence, RI
- Our client, a well-established small family-owned Plastic Mold Injection company, is currently seeking an experienced & mechanically inclined Lead Process Technician (internally titled Lead Plastic Injection Molding Process Technician) for their south Providence, RI location. Our client is looking for a Lead Process Technician with the ability to set up & install molds, set HMI screen parameters, do minor troubleshooting, lead a team of 3-5 operators, use precision measuring tools, and do tear down/change out molds.
- This is an onsite role, one shift Monday - Thursday 7am-5pm, potential OT Fridays or Monday - Friday schedule.
Responsibilities:
- Start-up machines and ensure standards before turning over to Operators
- Assign Operators to jobs/tasks, plan daily workload, and fill-in roles if any gaps
- Relieve Operators for scheduled breaks, as needed
- Train department employees on safety, quality, and operating procedures
- Communicate and document all process changes
- Perform job changeovers (teardown previous and set up next job
- Install dies safely on machines to support production changeover schedule
- Set up and service all workstations within the Molding Department
- Manage raw material inventory; prepare materials for processing
- Ensure all product meets quality specifications during in-process inspections
- Ensure all product is packaged and labeled correctly per specifications
- Perform minor troubleshooting to keep jobs running to quality standards
- Optimize process parameters to achieve quality parts and improve cycle times
- Recommend and support improvement projects to continually improve processes
- Monitor department operations to ensure all standard procedures are followed
- Purge injection molding machines to shut-down department at end of shift
- Adhere to ISO 9001 systems
Qualifications:
- HS Diploma or (GED)
- Prior related recent work experience in thermoplastic injection molding
- Working knowledge of injection mold tooling, thermoplastic resins, hydraulic plastic injection molding presses, and auxiliary equipment
- Ability to install and set-up molds, to input correct process parameters on equipment HMI screens, and set process settings correctly using controls
- Experience with Toyo hydraulic injection molding machines is a plus!
- Able to read measuring devices; Vernier calipers, micrometers, Go/No-go gages
- Able to operate scales and count parts by weight
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints - strongly preferred
- Ability to use hand tools, as well as overhead crane
- Basic knowledge of ERP software (IQMS a plus!)
Compensation:
- Base salary in the 45k - 60k/year range, flexible dependent on experience
- Quarterly Bonus program based on KPIs
- Medical & Dental Insurance
- 401K with match
- PTO (Vacation, Holiday, Sick, Bereavement)
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Referral Bonus
- Flexible, Small tight knit company
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