1st Shift Tooling Technician

SUMMARY OF POSITION:The main duties/activities are to complete maintenance, change over and occasional repairs to injection molding tools.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (other duties as assigned):•Performs injection mold preventative maintenance and insert changes in support of production with diligence and accuracy.•Maintains accurate log of preventative maintenance and insert changes.•Identifies tooling deficiencies during preventative maintenance and notify Tooling Lead.•Participates in root-cause analysis of tooling breakage and/or damage to assess corrective actions.•Ensures a clean, organized, and safe work environment always.•Leads creation, organization, and maintenance of TPI's, including work instructions, photo- documentation, historical logging, and revision control.•Participates and leads tool room organization, including mold spare components, standard components (fasteners, pins, buy-outs).•Identifies and elevates tools, equipment, and other infrastructure needs to the Tooling Lead.•Provides support to production operations (Molding, Special Ops, Production) as needed or directed by supervisor.RequirementsEDUCATION AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS:•High school education or GED•At least 2 years of related experience in tooling/manufacturing environment.•Experience with injection mold maintenance and repairs.•Solid understanding of the injection molding process.•Strong attention to detail and willing to listen and discuss in an open, positive manner.•Excellent interpersonal relations and communication skills.•Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with limited direct supervision.•Ability to work with quickly changing priorities and short deadlines.•Ability to successfully communicate with internal and external customers.•Provide exceptional support to internal customers (Molding, Production, Special Ops).PHYSICAL DEMANDS:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.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, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 plus pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.WORK ENVIRONMENT:The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.