Job Title: Mold Setup Technician - Night Shift

Job Description

The Mold Setup Technician is responsible for changing and setting up mold machines, providing maintenance support to maximize production efficiency. This role offers a clear path to becoming a Master Technician, making it an excellent career development opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Change and set up mold machines.

• Provide mechanical support by troubleshooting malfunctions of the injection machine.

• Remove wires and hoses to pull tooling and molds out of the press after a run.

• Select and place new tooling within the machine, ensuring proper connection of wires and hoses.

• Support the Process Technician by ensuring tooling is ready for use.

Essential Skills

• Mechanical aptitude with understanding of tools and ability to assemble/disassemble mechanical components.

• Experience using a multi-meter.

• Experience in mechanical repair, mold change, mold setting, and injection molding.

• Proficiency with hand tools and power tools.

• Ability to read and understand blueprints.

• Experience in machine setup and changeover processes.

• Troubleshooting and preventive maintenance skills.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Prior industrial manufacturing experience working on machinery.

• Experience with overhead cranes.

• Knowledge of Lock Out Tag Out procedures.

• Cylinder repair experience.

• Any industrial maintenance experience.

• Prior plastics and mold setting experience is a significant plus.

Why Work Here?

We love to cross-train and promote from within! Our career progression includes opportunities to advance from C-Tech to Master Tech, with competitive raises and education reimbursement of up to $5,250/year for obtaining bachelor's or associate's degrees.

Work Environment

The role operates on a 2-2-3 schedule from 7pm - 7am. The work environment is hot and loud, with a noticeable hot plastic smell. It is a non-climate controlled facility. The dress code includes t-shirts, hoodies without strings, sweatshirts, and sleeveless tops that do not show the stomach, shoulder, or cleavage areas. Jeans, shorts, cargo pockets, basketball shorts, and sweatpants are acceptable, but leggings, jeggings, or any type of spandex are not. Closed-toe shoes with rubber soles are required. Tattoos and hair color are acceptable as long as they are not offensive, and dangling jewelry is not allowed.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Bardstown, Kentucky.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.