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Terumo Medical Corporation Sr. Molding Technician, 1st Shift, Injection Molding in Elkton, Maryland
Sr. Molding Technician, 1st Shift, Injection Molding
Date: Sep 17, 2024
Req ID: 3827
Location:
Elkton, MD, US
Company: Terumo Medical Corporation
Department: Injection Molding & Extrusion
Terumo Medical Corporation (TMC) develops, manufactures, and markets a complete, solutions-based portfolio of high-quality medical devices used in a broad range of applications for numerous areas of the healthcare industry. TMC places a premium on providing customers with world-class products, training and education programs that drive clear economic value, better clinical outcomes and improved quality of life for patients. TMC is part of Tokyo-based Terumo Corporation; one of the world’s leading medical device manufacturers with $6+ billion in sales, 30,000+ employees worldwide and operations in more than 160 nations. Terumo Medical Corporation is comprised of two strategic business divisions: Terumo Interventional Systems and Terumo Medical Products.
We believe that the future is bright for everyone at Terumo. We work with the future in mind to generate lasting change, create a bigger impact and produce greater outcomes for today, and for decades to come.
At Terumo we believe in the power of personal growth and will encourage you to get in the driver's seat - progressing in the direction you want to go by deepening your skills throughout your career. We want you to be bold, think outside the box, experiment, innovate and deliver what's next for quality healthcare. You will be part of a collaborative, respectful and resilient team of associates and leaders around the world, working together as partners to achieve more than you thought possible, providing real-world, impactful solutions for patients.
Join us and help shape wherever we go next!
Advancing healthcare with heart
Job Summary
Maintains the condition, yield and efficiency of all machines, through problem analysis (troubleshooting). Perform emergency maintenance and scheduled preventive maintenance on injection molding machines, molds, and extrusion lines. Hang molds, complete change overs to molds and machines. Obtain spare parts and technical information for spare parts.
Under general supervision receives instructions by way of electronic transmission, verbal, or written from Supervisor regarding production maintenance or troubleshooting tasks.
Job Details/Responsibilities
Associate is responsible to follow requirements of TMC Quality system, including but not limited to: process controls, inspection procedures, document/data control, and change control practices.
Maintain operational status of all injection molding machines, auxiliary equipment, molds, and extrusion lines. Perform complex repairs effectively and safely to achieve maximum production time.
Process responsibilities include: Hanging molds, completing change overs, operating molding machines, loading programs, completing paperwork, and diagnosis part problems as machine, mold or process issues.
Mold Maintenance responsibilities: Disassemble and assemble molds using care not to damage tooling, use of precision equipment to troubleshoot and measure tooling, use Solid Works and drawings to check and order tooling. Troubleshoot tooling problems including Hot Runner Systems.
Machine Maintenance Responsibilities: Diagnosis injection molding machine problems, determine if problem is electrical, hydraulic, or mechanical and repair as needed.
Order spare parts, maintain inventory on all electrical components, and monitor usage, improve or change application of parts (finding better more durable parts), interaction with vendors, and pricing.
Tooling inspection, ability to use precision measuring equipment to complete incoming tooling inspections.
Provide training to personnel.
Maintenance of documentation.
Participates in project performance team meetings on behalf of the job unit in order to provide ideas, methods, or processes for unit/company performance improvement.
Performs other job related duties assigned.
Working Conditions/Physical Requirements
Position requires gowning procedures for controlled environment. Typically works around high speed machinery, hydraulics, electric, and pneumatics requiring Lockout Tag out Procedure to be followed and close attention given to safety. Will require the use of eye protection, as needed and hearing protection when working in high noise level area. Conditions physically demanding when high number of machine break downs.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA)
Knowledge and experience with mechanical and pneumatic systems required
Knowledge and experience with hydraulic systems is required. Applicant must be able to follow and understand hydraulic schematics.
Knowledge and experience with electric is required. Applicant must be able to read and understand electrical schematics.
Considerable standing, reaching, pulling, stooping, etc., with occasional assistance lifting of weights up to 100 lbs.
Requires hand eye coordination in making precise and critical adjustments.
Qualifications/ Background Experiences
Typically requires 5-7 years experience in molding machine maintenance
Typically requires 5-7 years experience with both hot and cold runner mold technology
Requires Industrial Electric training with a degree or certification or equivalent experience.
Experience with Solid Works is preferred
Arc Flash Training is preferred
Experience working in a regulated industry is preferred
Industrial safety training is preferred
It is Terumo’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. As a Company, we value diversity of background and opinion, and prohibit discrimination or harassment on the basis of any legally protected class in the areas of hiring, recruitment, promotion, transfer, demotion, training, compensation, pay, fringe benefits, layoff, termination or any other terms and conditions of employment.