Manthorpe Building Products is a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of plastic injection moulded, vacuum formed and extruded products for the building industry.
Role: To carry out tool changes and insert changes within the injection moulding department to maintain optimum production, whilst being fully compliant to all corporate and legislative standards and guidelines.
Hours of work: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week, working 6.00am to 2.30pm, 10.00pm to 6.30am and 2.00pm to 10.30pm on a 3-week rotating basis with half an hour break.
The rate of pay is £16.19 per hour inclusive of shift allowance.
Responsibilities:
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To set injection moulding tools in various machines and achieve high quality parts at the optimum cycle time.
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Carry out scheduled mould tool changes quickly, efficiently, and effectively to minimise changeover times and machine downtime.
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Monitoring cycle times against target cycle times on a regular basis, ensuring deviations are identified and rectified in a timely manner.
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Changing and replenishing raw materials, refilling hopper loaders and day bins as required.
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How to troubleshoot issues encountered during a production run to maintain the production of good high-quality parts.
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An understanding of the importance of the first off samples, meeting both visual and dimensional specifications.
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Ensure production outputs are achieved on time and in full.
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Checking quality standards are always achieved by checking the product for defects during the machine start up and making relevant process changes.
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Conducting material and colour changes as dictated by the production schedule.
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Setting and adjusting 3 axis and 6 axis robots to remove the mouldings efficiently from the mould tools.
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Assisting with injection mould tooling maintenance as required.
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Fault finding and rectifying injection moulding processing problems in a timely manner to maintain quality and minimise scrap levels.
Experience:
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Manual Handling
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Overhead Crane
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IMT level 2 or higher
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Robot Programming