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SL Alabama, LLC Senior Specialist of Pre-Production Engineering Department Alexander City, Alabama
Establish year-long preventative maintenance plans for manufacturing equipment, including automated raw material feeding systems, injection molding systems, and molding cooling systems;
Devise proper predetermined values of machines and processes to meet material and design requirements and customers' requirements;
Design, develop, implement, and manage automated injection molding processes in order to produce high quality automobile molding parts and metallic molding products;
Analyze the
root
causes of quality issues in molding parts and devise countermeasures for corrective actions;
Analyze the root causes of mechanical downtime and establish action plans to solve the downtime;
Troubleshoot issues in machinery, ancillary equipment, and molding processes;
Measure pressure, temperature, cooling time, and speed for proper operation of injection molding systems;
Participate in process risk assessment;
Devise and implement initiatives to improve the efficiency of the molding processes and establish measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and product quality;
Supervise the transfer of testing and mold tooling applications to manufacturing according to the SL Group's internally developed improvement systems;
Execute quality maintenance tests and assemble workability tests;
Coordinate with Injection Engineers and Production Managers to analyze engineering and materials specifications and requirements and process standards and improve injection molding processes;
Analyze and manage quality scale value (weight and product's bending) to keep high quality of products;
Provide technical guidance and expertise in order to maintain the quality and precision of our automated injection molding machinery and systems;
Educate and train current technicians and operators about plastic injection molding processes and molding equipment maintenance; and
Report the progress of ongoing process projects to Injection Engineering Manager on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis.
Requirements:
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Over sixteen (16) years of experience in the field of production and manufacturing equipment maintenance;
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Knowledge in
injection molding processes and injection molding systems; and
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Skills in maintenance of injection molding systems and production machinery.