Lead Process Technician - Plastic Injection Molding - Base Salary to 60k/year - Providence, RI

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Lead Process Technician - Plastic Injection Molding - Base Salary to 60k/year - Providence, RI

Providence, RI
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    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
  • Compensation
    $60,000 per year