Injection Moulding Setter / Technician
- Hereford, UK
- £32.000 £40.000 + Benefits + Bonus
- 3 Shifts - 13:45 – 22:00/ 5:45 – 14:00/ 21:45 – 6:00 = 38.75h/ week
We are working with an established Injection Moulding company based in Hereford, UK.
They are recruiting for an Injection Moulding Setter/ Technician to join their team.
In return for a salary in the region £32.000 - £40.000 along with excellent employment benefits.
Purpose of the role:
Working as part of the Technical Team, supporting the efficient production of customer components ensuring highest levels of quality and efficiency are reached and including problem solving – making components within the costed timeframes, and highlighting discrepancies as required.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Working to the production priorities as set by Shift Team Leader to deliver the plan; prioritising workload as necessary.
- Work collaboratively with the Material Logistics Controllers on shift to ensure hoppers are cleaned and material is prepared correctly.
- To prepare raw materials, mould mount applicable tools and set up processing equipment as efficiently as possible in order to deliver maximum overall equipment efficiency.
- Undertaking tool changes, and second operation set ups and clean down as required throughout the shift, in line with costed timeframes.
- Competent to set up and problem solve processing discrepancies.
- Working with the Quality Department to carry out corrective actions timely and efficiently to maintain conformity and optimisation.
- To set and keep running production from moulding machines, robotics and ancillaries throughout shift, ensuring the remain within quality monitoring parameters.
- Submit successful first offs first time, ensuring excellent housekeeping and by using visual checks to the golden sample, handheld measuring tools and shot weight before submission.
- Completion of all tool changes and start up procedures for injection moulding and second operations orders in line with procedural documentation, setting machine parameters to the setting sheet, with sign off including the promotion of housekeeping standards. Submitting a first off as per the first off procedure, and related documentation, ensuring a ‘right first time’ attitude; including restarts.
- Problem solving quality and cycle time issues throughout the run.
- Working as a team to share knowledge and develop problem solving skills.
- Carrying out planned and reactive low level maintenance work in a safe and timely manner.
- Assist and support in carrying out production improvement projects.
- Key holder, responsible for startup/shutdown at the beginning and end of the week as required.
- Responsible for managing spills in-line with the ESP-003 Emergency Response Policy.
- Fire warden and emergency team member, working to the OSP-007 Fire Policy.
- Competent and trained First Aider, working to the OSP-008 First Aid Policy.
- All individuals are expected to conduct their work in line with the ISO 13485 standards, the Quality Policy, and the relevant Procedures (QSP) and PWI’s relevant to their activities.
- All individuals are expected to be flexible in undertaking the duties and responsibilities attached to their job and may be asked to perform other duties which reasonably correspond to the general character of their job and their level of responsibility.
- All individuals are expected to maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job and participate in appropriate learning and development activities.
- All individuals are expected to carry out their duties and responsibilities having regard to the company’s commitment to providing a world class service.
- To promote equality and diversity and to treat everyone with fairness and dignity. Whilst be committed to the principles of Equality and Diversity.
- To recognise health and safety as a responsibility of every individual, to take reasonable care of oneself and others in the workplace and comply with policies, relevant legislation and any service specific procedures that may apply to the role.
Requirements:
- Able to work on rotating shifts, including undertaking night work.
- Experienced Injection Moulding Setter
- Demonstrable experience of problem solving to eradicate processing issues such as delamination, splash, flash, rippling, distortion, dimensional intolerance etc.
- Demonstrable experience of setting and problem-solving automation including sprue pickers, sprue cutters, robot hands etc.
- Comprehensive experience of undertaking tool changes and problem solving
- Computer literate, with experience of using Outlook, Word, Excel and MRP systems and databases
- Previous experience of working to structured processes and procedures
- Experience of working with technical grade polymers Acetal, ABS, Polypropylene, Nylons, Grivory to produce technical mouldings.
- Demonstrable experience of routine maintenance to injection moulding machines to maintain production e.g. changing heater bands and replacing micro-switches
- Working towards IMT3 qualification.
Desirable Requirements:
- Previous experience of working to ISO 9001 and/or 13485 standards
- Previous experience of using WinMan and/or ALS
- IMT2 qualification
Benefits:
- On the job development and funding to obtain IMT qualifications
- Salary £32-40k depending on skills & experience.
- 38.75 hours a week on 3 rotating shift pattern
- 25 days holidays plus bank holidays
- Bonus scheme
- Healthcare cash plan
- Occupational sick pay
- Enhanced paternity/ maternity/ family leave benefits
How To Apply:
- Contact: Michal
- 01527917909
- Job reference number: 2462
- If you would like to find out more, simply click apply.
This position is commutable from: Hereford, Ledbury, Abergavenny, Leominster and Worcester.
All applicants must live in the UK and be eligible to work and live in the UK. Please note, our client is unable to offer Sponsorship or Visa support for this role.
Due to the sheer volume of applications, we will only contact successful applications. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 10 working days, please deem your application as unsuccessful.
Axion Recruitment is working as a recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy.