Production Processtechnician

5 months ago


Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Kerry Kopp Recruitment Full time

**Trade test or Engineering Diploma is required**
- Plastic, Rubber or Silicon injection/extrusion experience
- Process engineering experience
- Experience in a manufacturing environment

Key Attributes:

- Hands on technical problem-solving abilities.
- A natural ability to problem solve

Key Performance Areas

1.Provide technical oversight to supervisors and setters in the department to ensure safe and proper use of equipment in the production areas.

2.Main responsibility for troubleshooting and process improvements on various injection moulding

equipment.

3.Troubleshoot machine and setting issues and solve or diagnose where possible.

This includes

plasma cutting, HPDC, plastic injection, CNC setting & programming, rubber injection, liquid

silicon injection.

4.Ensure dies and machines are correctly set to maximise production output.

5.Oversee, train and mentor setters and supervisors where required.

6. Feedback improvement suggestions to toolroom, maintenance & production

7.Review processes to improve where possible.

8.Creating and improving jigging where applicable to improve quality.