Mold Maintenance Technician 1st Shift

Airlite Plastics Co. • Full-time • Oxnard, California, United States • $46,281 - $61,522 / year • 1w ago

Airlite Plastics is a premier, privately held, family-owned manufacturer headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. As pioneers in our industry, we strive to provide our customers with top-notch service and quality, which aligns with our award-winning products. Our product lines include rigid plastic containers and lids for food packaging, dry powder scoops, plastic drink cups, polystyrene shipping containers, industrial strength insulated concrete forms (ICF), sustainable permeable paving systems, and packaging solutions in the beauty industry.

Our Canopy Division is located in Oxnard, CA. Canopy Beauty Packaging is a manufacturer of beauty and personal care packaging that focuses on product quality and exceptional customer service. Our product lines include a wide variety of jars, closures, and decorated packaging.

How would you contribute?

This role is a contributing member of our Airlite Plastics team, located in Oxnard, CA. As a Mold Maintenance Tech, you are a key to continued growth and success of Airlite. The Mold Maintenance Tech will be responsible for inspecting, cleaning, and assembling tooling.

Essential Duties:

Reads mold repair requests provided by the mold maintenance team leader.
Reads blueprints for disassembly and assembly of tooling.
Identifies over 100 different mold tools and their assembly.
Problem-solves with molding department personnel, to include reading mold schedule and mold trouble-shooting cards.
Prepares mold parts for repair in the machine shop for tool makers.
Fits and assembles parts into complete assembly.
Verifies dimensions and alignment of assembly.
Completes projects to defined maintenance procedures and instructions.
Removes and installs mold parts in injection molding machines and tests operation of mold components to ensure functionality and performance.
Services hot runner systems in use.
Operates welding equipment to cut or weld parts (gas torch primarily).
Operates drill press, belt sander, sand blaster, pedestal grinder and numerous hand tools.
Possesses and utilizes basic understanding of electrical items in the mold tooling.
Ability to use provided required tools such as wrenches, hammers, drivers, drill indexes, safety glasses, measuring tools, allen keys, flash light, wire cutters and pliers.
Ability to read micrometers, depth micrometers and dial calipers.
Responsible for reporting safety problems to management.
Maintains company attendance standards
Performs training for new hires
Shares job related knowledge and experiences with other shop employees as needed
Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Do you have what it takes? Airlite Plastics is a versatile employer; complacency is not one of our strengths! We work hard each day to ensure that equipment efficiency and customer satisfaction never leave our line of sight. Successful candidates for the role will possess the following:

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED);
Related trade school degree or Associates degree.
Or 2-3 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals in English. Ability to write routine reports in English. Ability to speak effectively with company employees and supervisors.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Upholds and supports organizational goals and values.
Take the initiative to ask for and offer help when needed.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, fractional and decimals. Ability to convert imperial numbers into metric. Ability to read a micrometer.
Ability to recall up to 100 different mold tools and their assembly.
Works a minimum of 40 hours weekly and subject to work holidays, overtime and weekends as needed.

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel and crouch. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to high places (over six feet) and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.

In this role, you may be required to use, handle and dispose of hazardous materials such as; metal working fluids, alcohol, waste oil and other routine industrial chemicals. Safety Data Sheets are available for all materials in which you may be exposed.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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