Internship Injection Molding Process Engineer Jobs in Minnesota

Position Summary: Setting up, monitoring, and optimizing the injection molding process to ensure the production of high-quality plastic products while maintaining efficiency and minimizing downtime.

Shift: Sunday through Thursday, 10:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. *Includes $1.50 an hour shift differential, OR Friday through Sunday, 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. *Includes 16.5% shift differential

Essential Functions:

• Machine Set Up: Prepare and set up plastic injection molding machines with the appropriate molds, materials, and tooling, following established procedures and production schedules.
• Process Optimization: Continuously monitor and adjust machine parameters, including temperature, pressure, and cycle times, to achieve optimal product quality and production efficiency.
• Troubleshooting: Quickly diagnose and resolve equipment malfunctions, process inconsistencies, and quality issues to minimize downtime and ensure smooth production flow.
• Mold Maintenance: Collaborate with toolroom team to inspect, clean, and maintain molds, ensuring their proper functioning and extending their lifespan.
• Material Handling: Assist in the handling, preparation of materials, ensuring proper material selection, drying, and storage for consistent production.
• Quality Control: Perform regular quality checks on molded products, identifying defects or deviations from specifications, and making necessary adjustments to meet quality standards.
• Process Documentation: Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of process settings, adjustments, and production metrics, following company protocols and guidelines.
• Training: Provide training and support to Set Up Technicians, ensuring they understand the injection molding process and can handle routine adjustments and basic troubleshooting.
• Continuous Improvement: Actively participate in process improvement initiatives, suggesting and implementing changes to enhance efficiency, quality and safety.
• Safety Compliance: Adhere to all safety protocols and guidelines, promoting safe working environment for yourself and your colleagues.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Proven experience as an Injection Molding Process Technician or similar role, with a comprehensive understanding of injection molding processes and equipment.
• Strong technical knowledge of injection molding machines, processing parameters, and material characteristics. Familiarity with various molding techniques.
• Ability to analyze process data, identify trends, and implement adjustments to optimize production.
• Proficient in troubleshooting machine and process issues, with a proactive approach to prevent potential problems.
• Attentive to details and committed to maintaining precision and consistency in the production process.
• Excellent communication skills to interact effectively with team members, engineers and superiors.
• Willingness to work in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities and occasional overtime to meet production demands.
• Excellent time management, follow-through, and reliable transportation.
• Alignment with AMT Core Values.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to move around the production area easily. Involves walking, standing, bending and reaching for extended periods of time.
• Operation of injection molding presses, auxiliary equipment, forklifts, and overhead cranes.
• Lifting moderately heavy objects such as molds, equipment and materials using safe lifting techniques.
• Good hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity to handle small components, set up molds and adjust machine setting accurately.
• May perform inspection of molds, machine components, and products for defects.
• Being attentive to machine sounds and alarms to detect unusual noises or malfunctions during the setup process.
• Injection molding machines can generate heat and noise during operation. Must have comfort with heat and noises.
• Willingness and ability to wear PPE such as safety glasses, gloves, and hearing protection as required by AMT Safety Guidelines.