Machine Operator

Currier; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Generous PTO

401K Match

Job summary

MOS Plastics Inc., a Currier company, seeks a Machine Operator to support our production team in San Jose, CA. You will operate machinery, perform finishing, inspect parts, and package products for the healthcare and life sciences industries.

You will read work instructions, maintain safety, and report production counts. The role requires standing for long shifts, ability to lift up to 25 lbs, and strong attention to quality in a loud manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is required with at least 6 months of work experience.
• Ability to read basic instructions and perform simple arithmetic.
• Must stand, lift up to 25 lbs, and maintain safety in a loud production environment.
• Willingness to work with moving mechanical parts and PPE as required.
• Attention to detail for inspection and packaging tasks.

Responsibilities

• Reads operator work instructions and sample boards and follows them.
• Operates equipment safely and ensures proper production cycles.
• Uses hand cutting tools for trimming and degating parts.
• Maintains production counts and reports discrepancies.
• Inspects parts for defects and assembles components to molded parts.
• Packages, labels, and ensures a clean, safe work area.
• Communicates quality concerns and equipment issues to the lead.
• Notifies the relieving operator of changes and quality problems.

Skills

Read & understand instructions

Basic arithmetic

Concentration

Vision abilities

Safety awareness

Manual handling

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Summary

MOS Plastics Inc., a Currier company is a medical-focused company specializing in precision injection molding, automation, assembly, and packaging solutions for the healthcare and life sciences industries.

We are seeking a Machine Operator to support our production team. You will be responsible for operating machine, finishing, inspecting, and packaging plastic products.

• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor an employment Visa at this time

Essential Job Functions

• Reads and understands operator work instructions and sample boards which display actual samples


• Operates equipment in accordance with instructions and ensures safe operation of assigned equipment


• Uses hand cutting tools such as cutters, exacto and de-gating knives


• Maintains and reports production counts


• Visually inspects parts for defects and assembles components to molded parts


• Packages and labels parts correctly


• Maintains a clean and safe work area


• Communicates with lead person on quality related issues, work instructions, production counts and discrepancies, supplies, shortage, production requirements, unsafe conditions, equipment problems, etc


• Informs relieving shift operator and discusses changes, quality problems, etc

Requirements

Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent and minimum 6 months of work experience


• Ability to read/understand basic instructions and do basic arithmetic calculations


• Frequent mental and visual concentration required while waiting on machines to complete cycles, inspection of parts, etc


• Specific vision abilities include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and color vision


• Requires constant attention to prevent injury to self and co-workers and damage to equipment


• Requires standing, repeated reaching and twisting, hand movement throughout entire shift


• Requires lifting and moving materials of up to 25 lbs


• Works in an environment that may be uncomfortable, dusty, and loud. Is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemical

Benefits

• Standard Health, Dental, Vision Benefits.


• Generous PTO.


• 401K Match.