Mold Machine Operator

Key Responsibilities

• Measures and visually inspects products for surface and dimension defects in order to ensure conformance to specifications, using precision measuring instruments.
• Move and position work pieces, such as mold sections, patterns, and bottom boards, using cranes, or signal others to move work pieces.
• Position patterns, inside mold sections and clamp sections together.
• Lift upper mold sections from lower sections and remove molded patterns.
• Set up, operates, or trends metal or plastic molding, casting, or core making machine to mold or cast metal or thermoplastic parts or products.
• Turn valves and dials of machine to regulate pressure, temperature, and speed and feed rates, and to set cycles times.
• Remove finished or cured products from dies or molds, using hand tools, air hoses and other equipment, stamp identifying information on products when necessary.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Ability to stand up to 10 hours per day
• Ability to use both hands and feet up to 10 hours per day
• Constant awareness of surroundings
• Ability for some pushing/pulling/lifting (up to 50 lbs)

Benefits

• Starting pay rate $26.20 with a $2.00 shift differential for 2nd, or $2.50 for weekends
• Standard shift Monday-Thursday or Friday-Sunday
• Offered Over Time
• Health benefits, on-site nurse, 401k and Paid Holidays after 90 days
• Career advancement opportunities, on-site training, steel toe reimbursement