Overview

Our client located in Waterloo, Ontario has an immediate opening for a Mold (Mould) Maker

Mold Maker is responsible for building, repairing and maintaining injection molds, tools and fixtures

THE MOLD MAKER IS RESPONSIBLE TO :

• Ensure Full compliance to regulatory and company Health & safety policies at all times.
• Full compliance to company policies, system procedures, rules and regulation as required.
• Disassemble mold and examine parts for wear and other defects to prepare mold for storage or in response to a repair request
• Determine necessary machine operation and sequence to complete tasks
• Set up and operates machine shop equipment (i.e. milling machines, drill presses, lathes, grinders, etc.) to machine parts and verifies conformance of machined parts to specs
• Fit and assemble component parts in to mold cavities and verifies dimensions, alignment, and clearance.
• Duties may require stoning, polishing, or shimming to properly align and mate tooling
• Analyze and correct fairly complex mold malfunctions to make acceptable parts that meet print
• Make mold parts as per verbal instructions or from drawings
• Change mold by adding or deleting core pins, spacers, end blocks, knock out pins, etc.
• Utilize all hand tools related to mold construction, modification, repair, and conditioning
• Utilize precision measuring instruments to include comparators, height gages, limit gages, tool maker microscopes, calipers, and micrometers.
• Measure overall length of cavity to determine if it is within stated tolerance, checks distance from mounting hole to mounting hole and may be required to measure areas within the cavity
• Set mold cavity at proper extensions beyond mold frame to allow for compression and eliminate flash
• Take periodic inventory of change over and spare tooling on hand
• Clean all tooling removed from part change, properly labels them, and inventories them in their designated location
• Perform other duties as needed or assigned.

REQUIREMENTS : * College Diploma, High school or equivalent training

• Good understanding of injection molding process
• Basic Computer Skills