About this role
About the Role The Molding Technician is responsible for setting up, operating, and maintaining molding processes to achieve production, quality, and defect targets while maintaining efficient tooling changeover times. This role requires expertise in mold setup, insert placement, process monitoring, and troubleshooting to ensure consistent part quality and process stability. The technician works closely with molding process engineering and Quality teams, providing hands-on technical knowledge and process feedback to support continuous improvement, process development, and successful production execution. What You'll Do
- Mold parts using metal injection processes and take direct responsibility for handling tooling and injection molds through to placement of finished parts for the customer (packaging and shipping).
- Install and set up molds, tooling, and required process parameters for production readiness.
- Run molds while monitoring cycle times, quality standards, and process consistency.
- Inspect parts off mold to verify dimensional accuracy, cosmetic quality, and functional requirements.
- Maintain resin inventory and ensure proper material handling, and traceability.
- Make necessary adjustments for the injection molding process and operation to optimize quality and reduce defects.
- Maintain spare tooling inventory and support tooling organization and readiness.
- Equipment repair and parts grinding processing.
- Perform preventive maintenance, on molding machines and auxiliary equipment to minimize downtime
- Perform mold cleans on tools when populated in the system to do so. What We're Looking For
- Technical diploma OR related Engineering degree.
- Experience of risk mitigation and continuous improvement.
- Experience in machine setup and process troubleshooting. Nice to Have
- DOE (Design of Experiments).
- 2-5 years of experience
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Compensation & Benefits
- Hours: 3rd shift 11pm-7am Sun night through Thursday with +12% Shift premium.
- This role does not qualify for VISA Sponsorship; US export control compliance required.