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Medline

Makes and delivers medical supplies to hospitals

Injection Molding Technician 3

Equipment MaintenanceConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, MexicoNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Three years of experience with plastic injection molding machine processes, preferably in the medical industry.
  • Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Basic English is preferred.
  • Knowledge of mechanics, industrial and control electricity, programmable logic controllers, pneumatics, and hydraulics.
  • Ability to read and diagnose faults using electrical and pneumatic diagrams.
  • Knowledge of plastic injection molding equipment, including molds, molding machines, and extruders.
  • Ability to troubleshoot plastic injection molding process defects, including short shots, flash, and sink marks.
  • Ability to develop cost-reduction projects and improvements to injection molding equipment.
  • Ability to work under pressure, manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced setting, and work with limited supervision.
  • Technical proficiency and considerable work experience, including completing a variety of atypical tasks and helping determine approaches for new assignments.
  • Availability to work flexible hours.
  • Academic background in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or a related field connected to industrial maintenance, or a technical career related to industrial maintenance.

Responsibilities

  • Perform preventive, corrective, and, as scheduled, predictive maintenance on plastic injection molding machines, molds, extrusion equipment, and production equipment.
  • Request and control parts and materials needed to keep assigned machinery, equipment, and systems operating properly.
  • Maintain molds and plastic injection equipment in good condition and immediately report findings that could put their integrity at risk.
  • Follow established systems for inventory control and work orders, and complete assigned work orders.
  • Carry out activities required by Medline improvement programs.
  • Interpret mold-part drawings and plastic injection molding processes.
  • Maintain the mechanical and electrical systems of machinery used in manufacturing and facilities.
  • Use mechanical and electrical tools, multimeters, and other process-related equipment.
  • Document corrective work orders and summaries of preventive and predictive maintenance in electronic or written logs, as applicable.
  • Use manuals, schematics, engineering drawings, and diagrams to analyze and resolve failures.
  • Keep quality-system training current each month.
  • Participate in Kaizen events, improvement activities, 5S programs, and training in the plastic injection molding process area.
  • Help keep manufacturing-equipment downtime within target.
  • Perform other activities assigned by the supervisor or immediate manager.
  • Communicate orally and in writing with other departments.
  • Follow company safety rules and use personal protective equipment correctly; train colleagues in its use when necessary.
  • Report missing or defective protective equipment or clothing, illness, injuries, and workplace hazards to the supervisor.
  • Keep the work area clean and safe and carry out lockout/tagout procedures when working on equipment.
  • Comply with quality standards and ensure adherence to the Quality Policy.
  • Complete scheduled preventive and predictive equipment maintenance on time, with a 100% target.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with plastic injection molding processes in the medical industry.
  • Basic English proficiency.

About the Company

Medline

Makes and delivers medical supplies to hospitals

Medline makes and distributes medical and surgical supplies for hospitals, surgery centers, nursing homes, physician offices and other care sites. It runs its own factories alongside a large network of warehouses and delivery routes, so one company can produce exam gloves, gowns and surgical kits and then deliver them straight to the bedside. Many health systems sign multi-year prime vendor agreements that make Medline the source for most of their medical-surgical supplies. It earns money selling its own products and those of other manufacturers, together with supply chain services. Medline was founded in 1966 and is based in Northfield, Illinois.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Northfield, IL
Founded
1966

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