Injection Molding Technician - Process & Maintenance Pro

MAI Animal Health; Elmwood (WI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

MAI Animal Health in Wisconsin is seeking a Molding Technician to operate and maintain injection mold equipment, performing routine repairs and preventative maintenance to ensure production runs smoothly while upholding safety and quality standards.

The role requires troubleshooting molding processes, changing over mold machines, and supporting QC with timely data management and documentation. Collaboration with Production, Molding, and Engineering is essential.

Qualifications

• High school graduation or equivalent.
• Mechanical aptitude.
• Experience with injection molding processing on presses preferred.
• Decoupled molding techniques a plus.
• Experience working with a variety of mold machines a plus.
• Experience working with a variety of different mold concepts (2 component, turning stack, two stage and multi cavity molds a plus).
• Experience in processing different types of resins a plus.

Responsibilities

• Start up and shut down molding machines; observe primary and auxiliary equipment to meet safety and quality standards.
• Change over and set up molding machines to predefined conditions and validated parameters.
• Maintain optimal flow of produced products in production.
• Troubleshoot molding processes and equipment; resolve quality issues from QC.
• Update documents in the production folder and compile scrap data.
• Train and support machine operators in machine operation.
• Notify team manager of non-standard mold issues or safety concerns.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

MS Office

Attention to detail

Basic math

OSHA knowledge

Document review

Team player

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Injection molding presses

Job description

MAI Animal Health in Wisconsin is seeking a Molding Technician to operate and maintain injection mold equipment, performing routine repairs and preventative maintenance to ensure production runs smoothly while upholding safety and quality standards.

The role requires troubleshooting molding processes, changing over mold machines, and supporting QC with timely data management and documentation. Collaboration with Production, Molding, and Engineering is essential.