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Injection Moulding Tool Setter (Nights)
Up to £33,400 per annum
10pm to 6am, Monday to Friday (40hrs pw)
Northampton
Permanent
Due to continuous growth in the last 2-3 years and 24/7 operation, GI Pro are recruiting for an Injection Moulding Tool Setter for our Plastic Fabrication client based in Northampton.
Woking a night shift 10pm - 6am Monday - Friday
Offering a salary of up to £33,400 per annum
This is a full-time permanent role
The client - Manufacture rubber moulding, thermoplastic and silicone components
Role Description
- Working on up to 10 injection moulding machines, you will be responsible for tool changes, operating and setting up plastic moulding machinery for the machine operators to run.
- The role is to ensure production continues in line with the production plan whilst ensuring and maintaining the quality standards of products
- Additionally regular tool maintenance and identification of tooling and equipment issues will form part of the role, escalating these to the process manager.
- As the Night Shift setter, you will be operating autonomously ensuring the products produced are to the standards required by our customers.
- As such the ability to problem solve and show true leadership to resolve problems is a key characteristic that we will be looking for.
- We need a practical person with a "can do" attitude to support and bolster the production team within the plastics department.
- The ability to identify process improvements and suggest opportunities to implement improvements is critical in this role.
Candidate attributes
- Installation of plastic tooling
- Experience in setting plastic moulding machinery and operation (typically 60T - 500T)
- Experience and knowledge of ancillary equipment
- Knowledge of hot runner systems and set up
- Knowledge of various thermoplastic materials and processing parameters, typically PA, PP, HDPE, PC/ABS, etc,
- Ability to ensure quality control and product consistency through machine set up and ongoing monitoring
- Overhead crane training and certification is essential
- Problem solving and resolution through root cause analysis
- Strong attention to detail, IT capable
- Experience with quality inspection processes
- Forklift capability (Pedestrian Stacker or FLT - is an advantage)
- Vocational training in plastics manufacturing or related field with minimum 5 years' experience
- Knowledge of ISO9001 (IATF16949 desirable) and following robust procedures
The benefits
- Standard Pension
- 28 days holiday plus stat
- Free parking
- Overtime paid at enhanced rate
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If you feel that you have the skills / desire for this role, please click Apply. Keith Childs @ Gi Group will process your application
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