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Job Summary

The Mold Maker is responsible for the new construction of Plastic Injection Molds, Mold Modifications, Mold Repairs assembly, and maintenance. Capable of setting up, run off and testing molds to produce a product meeting specifications and making any necessary modifications. Excellent communications, teamwork, and initiative are required.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for the manufacturing and testing (usually visual) of all stages of the manufacturing process

• Inspect products and select the correct shop equipment and tools to complete the job

• Identify problems within the mold and create solutions

• Read and interpret blue prints

• Train and guide assigned helpers as needed to ensure a safe working environment

• Attend kick off meetings and provide input for design mold and build

• Plan and schedule jobs to meet quoted hours and delivery dates

• Prepare necessary prints and instructions to coordinate helpers as needed

• Maintain a clean work area

Job Requirements

Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education or Experience (in years):

• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent work experience

• Journeyman Mold Maker credentials or equivalent experience

Knowledge and skills:

• Ability to follow written instruction and batch records

• Ability to comprehend verbal and written English

• Ability to follow documentation procedures

• Basic computer skills

• Basic Math Problem Skills

• Able to use tools such as magnifying glass, tweezers, and other hand held tools

• Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential

• Understands the start and end of batch runs

Physical requirements/abilities:

• Ability to lift 25 lbs.

• Ability to work in a clean room environment

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience working in a clean environment

• Experience in a Quality Environment

Danaher Corporation Overview

Danaher is a global science & technology innovator committed to helping our customers solve complex challenges and improve quality of life worldwide. Our world class brands are leaders in some of the most demanding and attractive industries, including life sciences, medical diagnostics, dental, environmental and applied solutions. Our globally diverse team of 67,000 associates is united by a common culture and operating system, the Danaher Business System, which serves as our competitive advantage. We generated $18.3B in revenue last year. We are ranked #162 on the Fortune 500 and our stock has outperformed the S&P 500 by more than 1,200% over 20 years.

At Danaher, you can build a career in a way no other company can duplicate. Our brands allow us to offer dynamic careers across multiple industries. We're innovative, fast-paced, results-oriented, and we win. We need talented people to keep winning. Here you'll learn how DBS is used to shape strategy, focus execution, align our people, and create value for customers and shareholders. Come join our winning team.

Mold Maker / Tool & Die Automotive Industry

Do you consider yourself a master of mold making? Doherty Career Solutions is currently partnering with a global OEM manufacturer and Aftermarket provider in the automotive industry located in Eden Prairie, MN.

We work one-on-one with great candidates to help connect them with local employment opportunities. We are seeking a Mold Maker on 1st shift for this direct hire employment opportunity! Compensation competitive and based on experience. Interested? Get more details below!

When you become a member team, you have access to the following benefits: medical and dental insurance, retirement savings with a company match, paid time off & holidays, casual dress code, corporate wellness program, bonus programs, financial assistance for higher education, employee referral program, group term life insurance (company paid), accidental death & dismemberment (company paid), short term disability (company paid), long term disability (company paid).

Responsible for all aspects of too/mold design, new product development, and production of parts, jigs, and fixtures.

Performs repairs, set-up, and trouble- shooting of molds and dies; following prints and other written and verbal specifications.

Studies blueprints, sketches, models, work instructions, and specifications to produce fabricating tools, dies, injection molds, jigs, fixtures and assemblies using a variety of machine operations within close tolerances.

Conducts test runs with completed tools, mold, or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications. Verifies dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts using measuring instruments such as calipers, micrometers, gauge blocks, etc.

Develops specifications from general description and draws sketch of part or product to be fabricated and/or from made-to-print items.

Confers with Engineers, Production Personnel, Programmers, or others to resolve product and/or equipment issues. Works with Engineering to develop new products, tools, and processes.

Demonstrates familiarity and consistently complies with all ISO/TS standards and practices.

3-5 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment including tool design, mold making, and process layout.

CNC Machining Experience

Wire EDM Experience

Working knowledge of Pro-E, Solidworks, AutoCAD, and Espirit EDM software

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Use your skills and experience to succeed with this great job opportunity apply today! Apply now by completing our online, mobile-friendly application. For questions or further information about the Mold Maker position, please call our office directly at or email your resume to .

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• Assists in determining fee quotes for tooling.-Provides technical assistance to all departments regarding the mold making and tooling process.
  Researches and solves mold design and tooling problems.
  May fix the problem or notify the appropriate individual/vendor.

• Ensures mold and tooling meets quality standards.

• Tracks molds/tooling statistics and completes associated paperwork.

• Trains new employees.

• Recommends new ideas to improve efficiency and profitability.

• Participates on committees and works on projects.

• Responsible for stopping a product or process to correct a quality problem and/or bring to the attention of management.
  Performance Standards: -Quality, accuracy, timeliness, reliability, and thoroughness of work performed.
  Team-oriented attitude.

• Effectively communicates and develops good working relationships with co-workers and customers.

• Reliability in reporting to work regularly and on time.

• Understands and adheres to Company policies and procedures.
  OTHER EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be able to follow directions (verbal and written).

• Must be able to work under pressure/deadlines.

• Must be able to multitask and prioritize.

• High level math and problem solving skills are needed.

• Must be able to work independently.
  APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply In Person: Manpower 180 Medford Plaza Medford, WI 54451 We can help you fill out your application online E-Mail a Rsum: Apply Online: Call For Appointment: This position is listed by a private employment agency.
  The agency is the legal employer.
  No fee will be charged of the job applicant.
  Qualified females, minorities, and special disabled veterans and other veterans are encouraged to apply.

Mold Maker

Technimark is a customized Injection Molding company with our corporate headquarters located in Asheboro, NC. We've worked for more than 30 years to create packaging for products that place today's leading consumer products into the homes of families around the world.

We have immediate openings for Mold Makers.

Job Summary:

These candidates would assist with the efficient operation by maintaining all molds in a production ready state. Supports manufacturing by repairing, servicing and performing engineering changes as needed.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Repairs, cleans, services and performs engineering changes on all molds.

• Constructs gauges and fixtures as required.

• High school diploma or GED required.

• Three years experience in Injection Molding preferred.

• Mechanical background/experience preferred.

• Completion of the tool and die maker apprenticeship program and/or equivalent experience required.

• Good communication and Interpersonal Skills.

• Basic Computer experience.

• Background/drug screen required.

Technimark offers a competitive salary and benefits package including: 401k, Medical and Dental, Vacation and Holidays, and tuition reimbursement.

Summary:

The R&D Mold Maker is a creative, out-of-the-box mold/tool designer and mold/tool maker able to design, build, repair, and modify high-quality injection mold tooling from complex parts and molds in a fast-paced, medical device R&D environment. The R&D Mold Maker innovates and contributes to novel mold designs & approaches in a hands-on-role as part of the R&D Tooling & Molding Group.

Responsibilities:

• Drives tool designs & participates in design for manufacturing (DFM).

• Suggests part design, mold design, and /or process modifications to drive innovation & improvements.

• Makes tools from start to finish (incl. outside purchase of bases, cavity sets, etc. as needed) via CNC machining, EDM, and other standard & non-standard techniques.

• Manages tool assembly & disassembly.

• Operates, cleans, and maintains all molds & tool making equipment.

• Test & suggests new tool making equipment.

• Trains and guides assigned helpers as needed when repairing or maintaining Molds.

• Drives kick-off meetings to improve knowledge of Mold design and mold build techniques.

• Plans and schedules jobs to meet quoted hours and delivery dates.

• Prepares needed prints and instructions to coordinate helpers as needed.

• Clearly communicates and explains the most efficient method of manufacture to others.

• Completes paperwork or instructions for additional details to be performed for mold assembly.

• Assesses completed jobs for improvements with necessary personnel for future efficiency.

• Additional duties and responsibilities driven by the Sr. Manager, R&D Molding R&D.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• High school diploma & completion of a State Approved/ Formal Apprenticeship

• Ideal engineering/physics background

• Hands-on experience, knowledge, and skills of plastic injection molds and mold making practices

• Efficient at programming and running shop machinery (traditional & CNC machining centers, High-Speed-Milling, EDM sinker, wire EDM, welding, polishing, etc.)

• Good written and verbal communication skills

• Good time management skills, able to manage multiple projects in parallel

• Computer skills, for inter-office email and job communication

• CNC programming skills [MasterCAM preferred]

• CAD software skills [SolidWorks preferred]

• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills

• Attention to detail and pride in your work

• Work cooperatively with fellow employees in a team environment

• Thorough knowledge of inspection & measurements equipment and techniques

• Use geometry, trigonometry, shop mathematics and calculator proficiently

• Ability to manage multiple projects

• Minimum two to five years of experience as a Mold Maker.

The mold maker apprentice is responsible the following:

o Repair and preventative maintenance of injection molds, inserts, and related fixtures in order to ensure continuous production and a smooth operation; troubleshooting and identifying tooling issues.

o Disassembling, cleaning and assembling molds for production to achieve 100% cavitation rate at start up.

o Setting up and operating tool room equipment, including lathe, mill, and surface grinder

o Performing functional testing and inspections to predefined methods and sequences of operations within tolerance specifications

o Maintain proper inventory of spare parts.

o Maintain mold history records, e.g. documenting preventive maintenance and repairs.

o Ability to understand and adhere to policies and procedures

Qualified candidates will have the following:

• o High school diploma or equivalent education plus minimum of 2 years hands on experience as an apprentice in a tool room environment.
• o Proficiency in the set-up and operation of tool room equipment
• o Proficiency in the use of precision measuring equipment
• o Relevant experience of 2 years, Plastics Industry preferred
• o Excellent written and oral communication skills
• o Ability and desire to work in a team oriented environment
• o Ability to perform to schedule in flexible, dynamic work environment with minimal supervision

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Job Description:

Shift: D Shift (Wednesday

• Friday & every other Saturday, 6:00pm

• 6:06am)

Purpose: Build, change over, and maintain plastic injection molds and other production tooling required for a manufacturing plant. Complete necessary inspections, documentation, and computer system entries.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities:

• Build / rebuild molds - through first piece approval

• Debug molds - tooling improvements; Review new mold designs

• Creation / input SOPs and work instructions

• Build special equipment

Scope: Interface and work with Designers, Engineers, Quality, and the Production Department.

Position Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Two year technical degree in a related area

• At least 5 years' experience building and repairing close tolerance plastic injection molds

• Ability to lift and move 50 pounds

Skills & Abilities:

• Good communication skills

• Computer software experience

This position does not qualify for a VISA sponsorship.

Jabil offers competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits program, and a supportive environment that provides learning and career development opportunities. Jabil is an equal opportunity employer.

Summary:

Apprentice / Journeyman Moldmakers perform a role that consists of a wide variety of tasks that are vital to learning the moldmaking process. Growing toward being highly skilled hands on machining capability and excellent planning/communication skills to ensure that the many components come together at the right time in the right condition to complete the mold on time. Learning the overall knowledge of plastic injection molds is required to thoroughly understand mold functionality and the varying levels of importance of dimensional accuracies, fits, and finishes. The Apprentice / Journeyman Moldmaker has a role to learn from and support the Lead Moldmaker. During the build, the Lead Moldmaker will assist, instruct, guide and drive you on all aspects and operations of the mold manufacturing process. Learn troubleshooting skills that are required to avoid and address manufacturing and design issues as soon as possible for corrective action. The efforts of all NyproMold personnel involved in the mold design and manufacturing process are delivered to the Lead Moldmaker who has the responsibility of putting it all together and turning the entire team efforts into a mold that functions to the service and quality level we have promised the customer and on the date we committed for completion.

Primary Duties:

• Perform hands on machining tasks with a wide variety of metal working related equipment: Mills, Grinders, Lathes, Saws, Hones, etc. Use blueprints, CAD files, written, and verbal work instructions while operating the equipment in a safe manner at the skill levels required in achieving required dimensional accuracy and productivity.

• Review with the Lead Moldmaker designs on molds that are assigned to get a complete understanding of the design features of the mold and how it is supposed to function.

• Log into Vantage making sure to log into the correct job#, component and operation you are working on. When you complete an operation, mark the operation complete in Vantage.

Secondary Duties:

• Train, guide, monitor others as requested in moldmaking related duties.

• Become skilled to perform mold disassembly/assembly and machining tasks to repair molds and make engineering changes

• Assist Lead Moldmakers to complete molds, repairs, or EC's as requested.

• Participate in continuous improvements efforts to improve shop operations and moldmaking process.

• Other shop maintenance, repairs, and miscellaneous tasks as requested.

Skills and Abilities:

• Strive towards becoming excellent with hands on machining skills on grinders, mills, lathes, and various other metal working equipment.

• Learn measurement and analytical skills to accurately measure cores and cavities with many types of tools to tolerances as close as .00005'

• Grow toward having a skilled knowledge of molds design types, fit and function of various types of actions, lifters, ejection systems, mold cooling components, latch lock systems, hot runner systems, mold interlocks, guiding systems, auto unscrewing system, etc.

• Basic CAD capabilities to interrogate files and review the mold designs.

• Learn working knowledge of machine programming

• Basic computer skills

Years of Experience

• Apprentice:

• 0 to 1 year Experience

• Mechanically inclined

• Journeyman:

• 1 to 3 years' Experience

• Knowledge of reading Blueprints

• Capable of running Mills, Grinders, Lathes, Saws, ect.

• Reading and understanding measuring equipment

Schooling Offered

• TMA (Tooling and Manufacturing Association)

Successful applicants will have to fulfill all prerequisites for contracts. This position requires U.S. citizenship. Jabil is an equal opportunity employer.

Plan and perform all bench and machining operations including experimental work, construct, alter, repair molds involving the highest degree of specialized skill and knowledge of machining and tooling practices involving the set up and operation of all types of advanced machines, tools and gauges.
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Manufacturing/Production Workers

Tasks:

• Review work order, blueprints, specifications and tooling requirements in preparation for making new molds or performing repairs on existing molds.

• Set up and operate EDM machines required for mold fabrication and repair.

• Set up, program and operate CNC-controlled lathes and milling machines used for mold/part fabrication.

• Troubleshoot, evaluate and make repair recommendations for plastic and rubber mold.

• Instruct and assist apprentice or new employee when required.

• Select material

• Layout tooling jigs and fixtures.

• Determine machining operations necessary for altering, repairing or constructing new molds.

• Verify in accordance with specifications and blueprints all dimensions, clearances, and tolerances utilizing all types of gauges and precision measuring instruments.

• Perform other related functions applicable to machining and tool & die work.

• Observe company policies and safety regulations.

Requirements:

Basic Qualifications:

High School Diploma or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:

Apprentice graduate or Journeyman

EDM knowledge, CNC programming a plus, and CAD CAM software experience.

Dependable, energetic, positive attitude, detail-oriented.

Additional information

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at ABB

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizen status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, or protected veterans status. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites:

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As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, applicants may request to review the Affirmative Action Plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762.

Protected veterans and qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to US-AskHR@abb.com. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner.

Location:

Hackettstown, New Jersey, USA

Contract type: Regular/Permanent Business unit: Business Unit Installation Products

Date posted: 2018-08-31 Job function: Production and Manufacturing Publication ID: US65488749_E2

ABB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a pioneering technology leader in electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial automation and power grids, serving customers in utilities, industry and transport & infrastructure globally. Continuing a history of innovation spanning more than 130 years, ABB today is writing the future of industrial digitalization with two clear value propositions: bringing electricity from any power plant to any plug and automating industries from natural resources to finished products. As title partner of Formula E, the fully electric international FIA motorsport class, ABB is pushing the boundaries of e-mobility to contribute to a sustainable future. ABB operates in more than 100 countries with about 135,000 employees. www.abb.com