Mold Maintenance Technician

Position Summary

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the Mold Maintenance Technician will be responsible for mold set-up, changeover, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, repair support, and overall mold readiness within the molding operation. This role ensures tooling is properly configured, maintained, and production-ready to support safe, efficient, and reliable manufacturing performance. The Mold Maintenance role serves as a key link between molding operations, tooling engineering, and process engineering by supporting mold reliability, minimizing downtime, and identifying tooling issues requiring corrective action or escalation.

• Perform mold set-up and changeovers in coordination with production planning and molding operations.
• Verify mold configurations, tooling components, and setup readiness prior to production start.
• Perform mold breakdown and teardown activities following production runs.
• Execute preventive and planned maintenance on molds, including cleaning, inspection, lubrication, and replacement of wear components.
• Inspect molds and components for wear, damage, or performance concerns including bushings, pins, inserts, fasteners, and other critical tooling elements.
• Troubleshoot mold-related production issues and assist in identifying root cause of setup, tooling, or maintenance concerns.
• Coordinate with Tooling Engineering, Molding personnel and third-party contractors to resolve tooling issues and support corrective actions.
• Maintain mold storage, inventory, tooling records, and traceability of tooling components.
• Document maintenance activities, repairs, inspections, and tooling condition using established systems and forms.
• Safely operate cranes, hoists, forklifts, and other lifting equipment for mold movement, setup, and storage.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on mold reliability, setup efficiency, PM effectiveness, and reduction of downtime.
• Maintain safe work practices and ensure compliance with all company procedures, safety standards, and regulations.
• Train and support team members on standardized setup and maintenance procedures as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of tooling and molding operations.
• Be available for other maintenance related activities supporting production needs.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of maintenance operations.

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the Mold Maintenance Technician will be responsible for mold set-up, changeover, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, repair support, and overall mold readiness within the molding operation. This role ensures tooling is properly configured, maintained, and production-ready to support safe, efficient, and reliable manufacturing performance. The Mold Maintenance role serves as a key link between molding operations, tooling engineering, and process engineering by supporting mold reliability, minimizing downtime, and identifying tooling issues requiring corrective action or escalation.

• Perform mold set-up and changeovers in coordination with production planning and molding operations.
• Verify mold configurations, tooling components, and setup readiness prior to production start.
• Perform mold breakdown and teardown activities following production runs.
• Execute preventive and planned maintenance on molds, including cleaning, inspection, lubrication, and replacement of wear components.
• Inspect molds and components for wear, damage, or performance concerns including bushings, pins, inserts, fasteners, and other critical tooling elements.
• Troubleshoot mold-related production issues and assist in identifying root cause of setup, tooling, or maintenance concerns.
• Coordinate with Tooling Engineering, Molding personnel and third-party contractors to resolve tooling issues and support corrective actions.
• Maintain mold storage, inventory, tooling records, and traceability of tooling components.
• Document maintenance activities, repairs, inspections, and tooling condition using established systems and forms.
• Safely operate cranes, hoists, forklifts, and other lifting equipment for mold movement, setup, and storage.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on mold reliability, setup efficiency, PM effectiveness, and reduction of downtime.
• Maintain safe work practices and ensure compliance with all company procedures, safety standards, and regulations.
• Train and support team members on standardized setup and maintenance procedures as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of tooling and molding operations.
• Be available for other maintenance related activities supporting production needs.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of maintenance operations.

• Perform mold set-up and changeovers in coordination with production planning and molding operations.
• Verify mold configurations, tooling components, and setup readiness prior to production start.
• Perform mold breakdown and teardown activities following production runs.
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