Plastic Molding Technician

1 week ago


Springs, South Africa Parker Plastics Inc Full time

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Plastic Molding Technician to join our team. As a key member of our production team, you will be responsible for maintaining and operating complex equipment, ensuring high-quality products, and providing excellent customer service.

About the Role

  • Work with others in a positive and constructive manner.
  • Dependable with great attendance.
  • Can take direction well and can work under pressure while maintaining a positive attitude.
  • Monitor operations.
  • Able to perform machine setups to approved processing parameters.
  • Troubleshoot and solve daily production and technical processing issues.
  • Assist in training team members.
  • Ensure that products manufactured meet or exceed all quality requirements.
  • Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following and helping to enforce all standards regarding our food safety, OSHA safety, and company policies and procedures.
  • Perform and complete daily, weekly, monthly, and annual preventive maintenance on equipment.
  • Help monitor and maintain a spare parts inventory.
  • Help to maintain and enforce a clean environment.
  • Maintain and repair a wide variety of equipment, providing preventative and cost-efficient repairs.

Work Environment

The ideal candidate will have prior mechanical maintenance experience with a basic knowledge that includes mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic processes. Experience with extrusion, PET, and injection blow molding processing is a plus.