Injection Molding Technician - 3rd shift
Sarstedt, Inc.
Summary
As our next Injection Molding Technician (3rd shift), you'll play a key role in keeping production running smoothly by setting up molds, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring quality and safety standards are met following production schedule.
Job description
What You’ll Be Doing
As our next Injection Molding Technician (3rd shift), you'll play a key role in keeping production running smoothly by setting up molds, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring quality and safety standards are met following production schedule.
- Perform color and order changes.
- Perform complete mold changes and set-ups of all molding machinery.
- Prepare all release paperwork including measuring of the product and start-up.
- Responsible for first line visual and dimensional inspection of the product.
- Perform line clearance before starting a new order.
- Troubleshoot product defects, part containment, and other issues during production.
- Responsible for keeping machine cards, orders, mold change reports, and process change sheets updated.
- Work according to safety regulations at all times and reports unsafe conditions immediately.
Requirements
- Ability to work 3rd shift, 10:00pm-6:00am, Monday - Friday, plus occasional Saturday
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and six months to one year related experience and/or training.
- Previous injection molding experience required.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Knowledge of Database, Inventory, and Manufacturing software.
- Occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
- Occasionally operate a motorized forklift.
- Specific vision abilities: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Floating holidays
- Wellness PTO
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- HSA
- FSA
- Wellness screenings
- Gym membership discounts
- Mental health support
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement
Company overview
Sarstedt, Inc. is a globally recognized family-owned company founded in 1961 that specializes in manufacturing and distributing medical devices, consumables, and instrumentation for clinical and research applications. With over 3,000 employees worldwide, the company operates through 34 sales organizations and 13 production sites across Europe, North and South America, and Australia. Sarstedt is renowned for its comprehensive pre-analytical product portfolio that includes solutions for sample collection, transport, storage, and laboratory automation. The company's extensive product range covers diagnostic applications, laboratory consumables, clinical care products, and transfusion equipment, with particular expertise in blood collection systems, urine drainage systems, and laboratory automation technologies. As a leading provider in the medical equipment sector, Sarstedt emphasizes German-engineered quality, innovation, and sustainability, offering integrated solutions that optimize laboratory workflows while maintaining the highest standards of patient care and scientific research. The company's U.S. headquarters are located in Newton, North Carolina, with additional operations supporting customers across North America.