Process Technician

PRIMARY FUNCTION:  Oversees and optimizes injection molding processes to ensure efficient production and high-quality output.

What does success look like?

A successful Process Technician embodies operational excellence and teamwork. They seamlessly integrate the company’s core values into their daily responsibilities, from ensuring machine safety and efficiency to upholding the highest quality standards. Their proactive approach to real-time monitoring, problem-solving, and continuous improvement reflects a commitment to our customers and to our fellow employee-owners.

This Job Posting is for an off shift Process Technician – 2nd Shift, 3rd Shift.

Key Responsibilities:

Machine Operation and Maintenance:

• Ensure machines operate safely and efficiently, while meeting or exceeding performance standards, guided by the bill of materials (BOM).
• Monitors performance using IQMS RealTime Monitoring to ensure all jobs adhere to established standards for labor and cycle efficiency.
• Proactively investigates and corrects any deviations to maintain optimal production levels.
• Actively reviews machine parameters and set points to guarantee the production of high-quality parts, ensuring compliance with quality standards and master setups.
• Maintains the neatness and organization of the plant, ensuring a clean and safe work environment.
• Manage setups for injection molding machines and auxiliary equipment. This includes preparing and adjusting the machinery and associated devices before production runs to ensure optimal performance and compliance with safety standards.
• Perform start-up and shut-down procedures for presses and plant operations as needed, ensuring that these critical tasks are conducted in a safe, orderly, and timely manner to maintain production schedules and machine longevity.
• Regularly audits supplies at machines to prevent unexpected downtime by ensuring all necessary materials are readily available.
• Cleans parting lines on molds and greases leader pins as needed to ensure optimal mold function and prolong equipment life.
• Implements or actively participates in continuous improvement activities and corrective actions to enhance production processes and product quality.
• Conduct regular audits of products to ensure adherence to quality standards.
• Investigate and resolve issues related to scrap rates and defects.
• Document process adjustments and improvements to enhance product quality.
• Collaboratively communicates with colleagues both within and outside of their department to ensure seamless operations and enhance cross-functional teamwork.
• Serve as interim supervisor as designated by Plant Management, stepping into a leadership role to maintain productivity and team cohesion in the supervisor’s absence.

Safety and Compliance:

• Adhere to all company safety policies, including Spill Prevention, Lock Out/Tag Out procedures, and emergency response.
• Train and become proficient in emergency and accident response, including effective use of fire extinguishers.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Understanding of Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Procedure.
• Understanding of Operation Controls Procedure.
• Understands Lock Out/Tag Out Procedure.
• Be a part of corrective/preventative actions.
• Assist in the implementation of preventative actions.
• Proficient in the use of a fire extinguisher.
• Identify and respond to emergency situations and accidents and prevent or mitigate associated adverse environmental impacts.
• Maintain order and professional conduct throughout the manufacturing area.
• Evaluate production date in the computer system.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Occasionally, the employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, airborne particles, and hot liquids. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

REQUIREMENTS:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Understanding mold setting.
• Understanding of troubleshooting the injection molding process.
• Forklift license.
• Involves frequent contact with personnel inside and outside the company requiring reasonable tact, discretion, and self-expression.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands outlined below are essential for successfully performing the duties associated with this position. Reasonable accommodations will be considered for individuals with disabilities.

While performing the job, the employee is required to talk or listen. The employee will frequently stand, sit, and walk, and will manipulate objects with hands and fingers. Additionally, the employee may be required to reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to twenty-five pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

CORE VALUES:

Operate With Transparency
Make A Difference Everyday
Fix It For Good
Play For Each Other
Thankful

NOTE:  The first responsibility of each APM employee is customer satisfaction.

Each employee of APM will support the quality and the environmental systems.

There will be times you will have to perform duties not listed in the job description. These opportunities are considered positive learning experiences to help you attain new skills.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug-free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.

 

APM reserves the right to make hiring/promotional decisions outside of these qualifications and reserves the right to waiver qualifications.

 

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