Night Process Technician – Injection Molding & Robot Tech

American Plastics; Jefferson City (MO); On-site; USD 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental

401k

Paid vacation

Job summary

American Plastics, headquartered in St. Louis, MO, is seeking a Process Technician for our Simpsonville, SC operation to report to the Production Manager. The role focuses on maintaining cycle times, part quality, and process setups for injection molding lines.

You will program robots, manage mold changes, and handle process documentation. The ideal candidate has 2+ years as a process tech, comfort with 12-hour shifts, and knowledge of various injection molding machines and robotics.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as a process technician in injection molding or similar process.
• Must be able to work a 12-hour shift schedule.
• Knowledge of operating injection molding machines and robots.

Responsibilities

• Monitor cycle times and part quality.
• Interpret job packets, specifications, BOMs, scrap reports and quality requirements.
• Identify resins used and percent usage; operate CRT interface on presses.
• Establish new processes, perform mold sets, robot programming and start machines per Mold Books/QR codes.
• Understand hot runner systems, valve gates, and standard sprue molds.
• Troubleshoot injection molding machines and robots.
• Follow management instructions and perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Process experience

12-hour shift

Equipment operation

Problem solving

Tools

Injection molding machines

Robotics programming

Safety procedures

Job description

American Plastics, headquartered in St. Louis, MO, is seeking a Process Technician for our Simpsonville, SC operation to report to the Production Manager. The role focuses on maintaining cycle times, part quality, and process setups for injection molding lines.

You will program robots, manage mold changes, and handle process documentation. The ideal candidate has 2+ years as a process tech, comfort with 12-hour shifts, and knowledge of various injection molding machines and robotics.