What are the responsibilities and job description for the Injection Molding Operator - LOTIS - Bay City, MI position at Vantage Plastics?
This is a nights position, 12 hour shifts.
Job Summary: Under the supervision of the department supervisor, the operator is assigned to standardized work of routine nature involving injection molding machine operation and/or assembly of molded parts. Work generally involves the use of simple hand tools, trimming, retrieving, counting, weighing, packing and general overall inspection of part. Responsibilities include distribution within the plant, placement and removal of parts from fixtures, monitoring and recording quality assurance, including charting of machine factors affecting quality. Operators are required to perform continuous visual and manual quality checks in accordance with standardized guidelines.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Reads, understands, and follows Work Instruction Sheets to determine part number(s), inspection procedures, packing requirements, and any special instruction.
- Retrieves, separates, inspects, counts, weighs, packs, and labels parts in accord with written and/or oral instructions.
- Utilizes clippers, knives, screwdrivers, and other simple hand tools to trim, cut, and prepare parts for other operations per safety procedures.
- Operates molding machines and/or air activated tools and equipment to assemble, decorate, or produce product. Advises supervision of machine malfunctions and unacceptable variances in product quality (flash, splay, contamination, short shots, etc.)
- Compares, inspects, and monitors production quality to approved samples and accepts, rejects, or questions in accord with established standards.
- Performs simple clerical tasks involving recording and summarizing production as required.
- Examines, repairs, trims, counts, weighs and performs secondary operations as directed.
- Performs tasks in accord with standard levels of performance required to meet production rate established for specific part(s) being worked.
- Performs routine cleaning chores to maintain cleanliness of workstation and area per 5S requirements.
- Interface with the production monitoring system (Plex).
- Assist with breaks for other operators.
- Other tasks as directed by supervisor.
Education and Experience:
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- 1 year experience in injection molding or related experience, preferred.
- Ability to work with hand tools, power tools, and air tools.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to work in noisy environments.
- Physically capable of lifting 50 lbs, unassisted.
- Must be able to bend, stretch, squat, and climb to access all parts of the machine.
This role is accountable for all aspects of department performance including safety & environmental, quality, reliability, production, and productivity.