injection molding set-up operator

- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years

- or equivalent experience

- Work setting

- Willing to relocate

- Tasks

- Troubleshoot and make minor adjustments to equipment

- Weigh resins, colorants and other chemicals according to formulae

- Monitor and inspect quality of material produced

- Place weighed materials in mixing machines

- Operate mixing machine to blend plastic and other chemicals to a specific consistency and viscosity

- Unload mixture into container or conveyor for further processing

- Set up and operate calender machines to transform plastic bales or slabs into continuous sheets or films of specified thickness

- Adjust calender rollers for production line change

- Set up and operate extruding machines to extrude plastic compound through a nozzle or die

- Change dies on extruding machines according to production line change

- Set up and operate one or more moulding machines to mould plastic products

- Prepare and change moulds and adjust equipment for production line change

- Follow formulation card to mix resin batches for injection moulding process

- Trimming and sanding plastic or fiberglass parts

- Security and safety

- Criminal record check

- Transportation/travel information

- Own transportation

- Work conditions and physical capabilities

- Repetitive tasks

- Attention to detail

- Manual dexterity

- Handling heavy loads

- Combination of sitting, standing, walking

- Physically demanding

- Standing for extended periods

- Own tools/equipment

- Steel-toed safety boots

- Safety glasses/goggles

- Ear plugs

- Gloves

- Personal suitability

- Accurate

- Dependability

- Excellent oral communication

- Organized

- Reliability

- Team player

- Work Term: Permanent

- Work Language: English or French

- Hours: 40 hours per week