Setup Process Technician

Job Details

Job Location:

Delavan
- Delavan, WI 53115

Position Type:
Full Time

Education Level: High School

Salary Range: $32.00 - $36.00 Hourly

Travel Percentage:
None

Job Shift: 1st Shift or 2nd Shift, M-F

Job Category:
Skilled Labor
- Trades

At Radius Packaging, we put people first—our members and our customers. Our culture is guided by The Radius Way:
Champion Positive Change, Act with Integrity, Strive for Excellence, Emphasize Community, and Work Together. These principles shape how we lead, collaborate, and grow together.

We don’t just talk about culture—we’re recognized for it. Radius Packaging is proud to be honored as:

• Plastics News Processor of the Year — the industry’s highest distinction
• Top Workplace by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in 2024 and 2025
• Recipient of the Plastics News Excellence in Employee Relations Award

These recognitions reflect our commitment to continuing education, career advancement, employee recognition, and fostering a supportive, engaging work environment.

Celebrating over 53 years of success, Radius Packaging offers more than a job—we offer a community. Through educational resources, committees, clubs, and company-wide events, our members are supported in their professional growth and overall well-being—financial, mental, physical, and emotional. We continuously invest in our people and empower them to pursue their passions at work, at home, and in their communities.

If you’re looking for a workplace that values teamwork, innovation, sustainability, and personal growth, Radius Packaging is where you belong.

The Setup Process Technician serves as a key technical resource responsible for machine setups, mold changes, process optimization, troubleshooting, and equipment reliability within Blow Molding and Injection Molding operations. The role supports safe, efficient, and consistent production through effective startup activities, process control, root cause problem solving, continuous improvement initiatives, and collaboration with Production, Maintenance, Engineering, and Quality teams. The Setup Process Technician is expected to develop and maintain expertise in molding processes, tooling, equipment operation, and process stability to ensure the production of quality products delivered on time to customers.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time.

• Perform mold changes, machine setups, job changeovers, and startup activities on blow molding and injection molding equipment.
• Set up and verify proper operation of molds, tooling, auxiliary equipment, robotic systems, cooling circuits, and secondary equipment.
• Establish, document, and maintain approved process parameters to support safe, efficient, and repeatable production.
• Complete startup verification, quality inspections, and process checks
• Support production schedules by ensuring timely and effective changeovers and equipment readiness. The role supports centerlining by establishing, validating, and sustaining documented machine centerline settings and process windows that drive repeatable startups, reduced scrap, and consistent equipment performance.

• Monitor and adjust processing parameters to maintain product quality, efficiency, and cycle time performance.
• Analyze processing conditions and machine performance to identify opportunities for productivity improvements and waste reduction.
• Evaluate current setup methods and processing practices and recommend improvements to improve reliability, quality, and throughput.
• Support mold trials, process validation activities, and new product launches through process monitoring and technical feedback.
• Assist in documenting and maintaining process sheets, setup standards, and operating parameters.

• Troubleshoot and resolve machine, process, tooling, automation, hydraulic, pneumatic, and auxiliary equipment issues.
• Utilize structured problem‑solving techniques including root cause analysis and 8D…