Over 100 years of innovation, experience and industry leadership.
Our cutting-edge products and technologies are used by the most successful manufacturers in the automotive industry, including General Motors, Ford Motor Company and Stellantis.
This is your opportunity to join STRATTEC as a **Plastic Process and Equipment Engineer (Maintenance)**.
**Objective**:
Self-Driven/Hands on position that maintains Injection Molding machinery and equipment in a level that meets efficiency and performance and contributes to the reduction of costs and increased productivity.
As well as compliance with Quality, safety, health, and environment procedures.
**Responsibilities**:
- Strong hands-on to provide technical support for molding operation.
- Failure analysis of injection molding equipment's and corrective actions supervision.
- Support and collaborate the molding operation to achieve plant metrics (OEE, Down time, Scrap, cost reduction, etc.)
- Coordinate the maintenance technician activities.
- Supervise and follow up the molding KPI's (efficiency, scrap, down time) to detect improvement opportunities.
- Assist with the development of standardized systems and structure to ensure world class performance which includes detailed instructions, operating specifications, appropriate checks, error proofing, automated process control systems and preventive maintenance plans.
- Review, improve and standardize equipment preventative maintenance programs.
- Identify, justify and implement improvements projects for the molding floor.
- Ensure that periodic and preventive maintenance are appropriately scheduled and accomplished, troubleshooting and repairs support are provided.
- Drive process & equipment readiness delivering capable and error-proofed plastic products
- Demonstrated ability to start-up, operate and shut down process related equipment.
Must be able to work independently on new process development as well as troubleshooting current production issues.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to maintenance technicians and other molding personnel.
- Work closely with manufacturers, suppliers and internal departments in finding ways to improve process and increase machine reliability and performance
- Procure automatic molding assistance equipment, such as insert stations, verification stations, monitoring stations, statistical control stations, packing stations, etc.
- Participation and support on activities to resolve PRP's 8D's and any customer complaint.
- Coordinate and support the installation of new equipment.
- Follow up on critical spare parts for molding area equipment's.
- Leading the technician maintenance crew.
- Work closely with Process, Tool Room, Operation and Quality departments to ensure a good performance.
**Requirements**:
- Engineering/ Bachelor's Degree Industrial or related
- Automotive Industry experience.
- 5 years' experience in Molding equipment's.
- Experience on maintenance systems administration preventive, corrective & predictive.
- Advanced English
- Strong hands on experience in manufacturing molding floor.
- Analytical, well organized, strong work ethics, excellent attitude, dynamic & proactive person.
**Knowledge**:
- Injection molding equipment (robots, material loading systems, material drying systems, thermolator and vacuum systems).
- Machine failures in molding processes
- Solving problem analysis
- Evaluation of machine & equipment failures in the molding process
- Equipment Maintenance (Machine/ Peripheric Equipment)
- Electrical and Mechanical Devices
- Pneumatic and Hydraulics
- Troubleshooting electrical and mechanical for molding equipment
- Robot Program and Maintenance
- Knowledge RJG (plus)
- Ability to coordinate technicians in all shifts
- Ability to perform financial analysis and cost justifications
Our selection processes ensure equal opportunities, equity and inclusion.
Tipo de puesto: Tiempo completo, Por tiempo indeterminado
Sueldo: A partir de $1.00 al mes
Horario:
- Lunes a viernes
- Turno matutino
Experiência:
- Mantenimiento a maquinas de Inyección de plástico: 3 años (Deseable)
Idioma:
- Ingles (Deseable)
Lugar de trabajo: Empleo presencial