Injection Mold & Tool Room Manager

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Injection Mold & Tool Room Manager Sparks, Nevada
Job Ref: 37508

• Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university with focus in business management and/or minimum of five years of experience in a management level position in injection molding industry
• Injection molding processing and tooling setup and repair experience required.
• The ideal candidate will lead all aspects of the injection molding department including the mold and tooling area
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Power Point.

• Directly responsible for the safety of all mold setup techs, process techs, leads, backup leads and utility operators
• Indirectly responsible for safety of all others
• Demonstrate behavior consistent with the Companies core values
• Perform improvement activities to track and improve changeover times in Injection
• Create and sustain spare parts inventory for molds to minimize downtime while controlling costs
• Lead all mold and tooling analysis and communicate to plant manager how to improve quality, cycle time and cavitation
• Lead all activities to improve quality, cycle time, and cavitation (service calls, sending parts out, etc)
• Cooperate and collaborate with maintenance to troubleshoot and resolve operation issues
• Cooperate with the materials team to effectively and efficiently produce quality product
• Provide assistance with engineering samples and mold tests when needed.
• Provide ownership and input of injection molding process and equipment for the reduction of defects, overall process improvement, and/or the reduction of downtime.
• Ability to perform basic molding machine and injection mold maintenance.
• Experience in developing Standard Operating Procedures.
• Assist, mentor and train employees of Injection Molding area to help develop and improve processes.
• Performs other administrative tasks and special projects as assigned.

• Excellent attendance record.
• Stable work history
• Good attention to detail
• Knowledge of plastic processing equipment, plastic resins and molds
• Knowledge of set-up and tear-down procedures of molds

• Ability to read and understand work instruction and do basic math
• Basic keyboarding and computer skills
• Requires standing, repeated reaching and twisting, hand movement throughout entire shift.
• Mechanical aptitude
• Ability to read and understand blueprints
• Basic calculations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).  
• Must be reliable, dependable, and safety oriented.
• Must be flexible in working hours including overtime, holidays, and different shifts as required.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

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