Molding Technician - SIGN ON BONUS!

Koch Business Solutions, LP; Menomonie (WI); On-site; USD 24,796 - 38,572; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Educational assistance

Job summary

Koch Business Solutions, LP in Wisconsin is seeking a Molding Technician to set up, operate, and maintain molding processes, ensuring production targets and defect control. You will work with engineering and quality teams to drive continuous improvement and reliable production.

The role includes a 3rd shift 11pm-7am with a 12% shift premium; responsibilities cover mold setup, monitoring cycle times, inspection, material handling, and preventive maintenance.

Qualifications

• Technical diploma or related Engineering degree required.
• Experience with risk mitigation and continuous improvement.
• Experience in machine setup and process troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Mold parts using metal injection processes and manage tooling and injection molds through to packaging.
• 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.

Skills

Machine setup

Process troubleshooting

Risk mitigation

Continuous improvement

Education

Technical diploma or related Engineering degree

Job description

Your Job

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.

Our Team

You will join a leading, forward-thinking company in metal molding projects, collaborating with a principled team that continuously challenges the status quo. Work across multiple functions within operations, development, and transformative capabilities to create mutual benefit.

Hours

3rd shift 11pm-7am Sun night through Thursday +12% Shift premium

What You Will 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.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Technical diploma OR related Engineering degree.
• Experience of risk mitigation and continuous improvement.
• Experience in machine setup and process troubleshooting.

What Will Put You Ahead

• DOE (Design of Experiments).
• 2-5 years of experience
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.

This role does not qualify for VISA Sponsorship.

In order to comply with U.S. export control laws and regulations, this position requires applicants to either provide proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status or be eligible to receive an export authorization (a license) under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and/or the Export Administration Regulations.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf