Mold Setter - Night Shift

Position: Mold Setter I - Night Shift (3PM - 11PM) $29.00 Hour
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Atkore is a leading manufacturer and distributor of electrical, mechanical, and safety infrastructure solutions to power and protect the world. With approximately 3,900 employees and 65 manufacturing and distribution facilities worldwide, Atkore manufactures electrical conduit, molded fittings, water pipe, cable management systems, armored cable, metal framing, and security products and solutions is a recent recipient of a Great Place to Work certification.

Atkore's commitment to quality, delivery and value helps customers realize their vision. Atkore forges relationships and shapes the future with breakthrough results, enhanced technology, and innovative product offerings.

We are currently searching for Injection Molding Mold Setter I to be part of the Atkore Electrical Business Unit / Plastic Pipe & Conduit (PPC) Strategic Business Unit. Reporting to Molding Production Manager, the primary focus of this role is safely installing and removing molds from injection molding machine and performing tooling health check to ensure that machines are always producing high-quality plastic parts.

The ideal candidate will have minimum of two (2) years of experience in mold changeovers of thermoplastics injection molding machines with minimum of high school degree or GED equivalent.

What you'll do:

* Maintenance and Setting of Injection Molds

* Perform preventative maintenance on mold tooling to keep molds in good operating condition and extend the tool's lifetime.

* Operate gantry crane and powered industrial trucks to move and store molds as well as perform mold changeovers, inserts changes, and general assembly.

* Complete changeovers for molds and injection molding machines of various sizes, including proper connection of electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic auxiliaries.

* Support molding process technician with the startup and processing in of a mold on an injection molding machine during changeovers.

* Program and use robotics and all auxiliary equipment, including part pick-and-place sequences.

* Measure dimensions to recommend solutions to mold damage issues and compare sizing to existing part designs.

* As directed by management, work with shipping team to send and receive molds and components for repair.

* Organize molds, components, and equipment in tooling area to maintain 5S standards to ensure efficient changeovers.

* Follow production schedule to ensure molds are machine ready prior to production run, including testing of mechanical and hydraulic functions.

* Support maintenance team with AM & PM of injection molding machine & periodic small repairs of machine & auxiliary equipment as instructed.

* Demonstrate and maintain safe practices in working with heavy objects like injection molds weighing up to 10,000 pounds and injection molding machinery with capacity up to 1,000 tons.

* Change filters on chiller periodically and document them on the chiller filter changeover log.

* Maintain clean working area (both tooling and machine) by removing purge and scrap materials and organizing toolbox pertinent to each machine and mold.

* Maintain inventory of mold and machine changeover components, such as knock out rods, nozzle tips, nozzle gage, nozzle extensions, part inserts, O-rings, ejector pins, platen bolt, water hoses, quick connects, eye bolts, and mold clamps.

* Verify any process variations due to changeovers with molding process technician. Record lessons learned from it so that process consistency will be resumed. if the process matches the process parameters that was established.

* Tooling Document Preparation and Reporting

* Complete documentation of machine processing changes, mold water diagrams, and auxiliary equipment connections.

* Support molding tooling technician to perform tool inspections, report and escalate tool health and tool status findings to molding process technician and engineering for prompt repair/overhaul.

* Initiate and submit mold change checklists to molding…