Injection Molding Process Technician (2nd shift)

Description

About Us:

US Conec is a global leader in the design, development, and manufacturing of high-density fiber optic connector solutions. With over 30 years of expertise in precision engineering, injection molding, and plastics manufacturing, we continue to drive innovation and redefine the optical interconnect industry. 

US Conec is a stable and growing organization with locations in Hickory, NC and Fort Worth, TX. What sets us apart from other employers? Our core values and company culture. We offer a collaborative team environment, a customer and employee centric work culture, and outstanding benefits that include a minimum of 4 weeks of PTO for all team members. 

Relocation assistance will be provided for candidates willing to relocate within 20 miles of Fort Worth, Texas.

About the job:

As an Injection Molding Process Technician you will perform manufacturing support activities for a specific product or group of products by performing the following duties.

What you will do:

• Follow procedures & protocols for addressing press alarms, production priorities, and test runs.

• Complete production test runs including summarizing the results, completing the workstream in our MRP system, and communicating with all stakeholders.

• Ability to transfer processes from one machine to another, also validating the process on the new machine; requires the creation of a new setup sheet and appropriate storage and filing of those documents.

• Collaborate with process, tooling, quality, maintenance, and production to identify and solve problems.

• Document all process changes on the “process change log worksheet”.

• Follow standardized communication processes and expectations. Requires verbal, written, and formal communications to peers, operations, and vendors.

• Work from a predetermined priority schedule subject to change to start or stop a molding machine including a complete shutdown to prepare the press for mold changes.

• Provide support to molding and the quality team on all corrective actions.

• Support the molding floor to ensure molds are running at an established process within the defined parameters.

• Keeping a clean work environment including the molding floor.

• Setup and improvement of part containment at the molding machine.

• Work collaboratively with the molding department to implement and maintain a clean/safe molding floor.

• Camera setup and installation as requested by Operations and Engineering.

• Setup and tuning of Sprue Pickers and Robots. Yushin Sprue Pickers and Robots.

• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What we'd like you to have:

• 2+ years experience as a Process Technician in an injection molding environment.  
• This position requires continued education; specifically, the American Injection Molding Institute (AIM) molding I and II. USC to pay for course work and travel.