Injection Molding Setup Coordinator
Position Summary
Responsible for the creation, verification, and maintenance of injection molding setup layouts, ensuring all required tooling, molds, materials, and equipment are available, properly staged, and ready for production. This role supports setup teams by providing accurate setup documentation, coordinating tooling requirements, improving changeover efficiency, and ensuring production runs are completed safely, efficiently, and to quality standards.
The successful candidate possesses strong knowledge of injection molding processes, mold functionality, and machine operation, with the ability to troubleshoot issues and support continuous improvement initiatives.
Job purpose:
The creation and verification of set up layouts and that the necessary materials are available and correctly dispensed.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Create, verify, and maintain accurate setup layouts, ensuring all required materials, tooling, molds, and equipment are available and correctly staged prior to production.
- Ensure scheduled setup times are recorded and tracked during rotating production weeks.
- Support SMED initiatives by analyzing mold changeovers, identifying improvement opportunities, and implementing methods to reduce setup time.
- Coordinate preventative maintenance requirements specific to each production run, including mold, tooling, nozzle, and machine readiness.
- Possess a strong understanding of injection molds and machines, including mold components, operation, maintenance requirements, and common failure modes.
- Verify tooling readiness prior to production runs, including mold installation, alignment, connections, hydraulic systems, water circuits, and machine compatibility.
- Support troubleshooting of molds, and machine issues to minimize downtime and improve production efficiency.
- Possess a working knowledge of injection molding machine operation, including machine setup parameters, and safe operating practices.
- Audit daily nozzle inspections to ensure completion and accurate severity ratings.
- Audit setup checklists for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with established procedures.
- Monitor and maintain minimum/maximum inventory levels for setup components
- Collaborate with Tooling and setup supervisor, Engineering, Maintenance, Production, and Quality teams to resolve issues and support continuous improvement.
- Support the creation and maintenance of standardized work instructions, procedures, and setup evaluations
- Utilize ERP, CMMS, and other computer systems as required for planning, inventory management, maintenance tracking, and reporting.
- Support Quality Management System (QMS) implementation and ongoing continuous quality improvement initiatives.
- Participate in process improvement activities focused on safety, quality, productivity, and cost reduction.
- Comply with all corporate policies, Occupational Health and Safety Act requirements, environmental regulations, and company procedures.
- Take every reasonable precaution to protect employees by ensuring required PPE, protective devices, and safe work practices are followed. Communicate known or potential health and safety hazards.
- Comply with all applicable environmental laws, regulations, and third-party requirements while supporting pollution prevention initiatives.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives
- Issues set up package to set up teams by shift
- Ensures the long schedule set up times are recorded every rotating week
- Preventative Maintenance – unique requirements for the production run
- Completes all other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Millwright and/or Tool and Die Maker knowledge and practical maintenance experience required
- Previous experience as an Injection Molding Setup Technician or Setup Coordinator in a manufacturing environment an asset
- Strong understanding of injection molding processes, mold functionality, and injection molding machine operation.
- Demonstrated experience with SMED (Single-Minute Exchange of Dies), mold changeovers, setup optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Functional knowledge of AutoCAD.
- Functional knowledge of Solidworks
- Experience leading, coaching, and developing teams.
- Strong mechanical aptitude with excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in injection molding machines, equipment, molds, and tooling.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and prioritize multiple tasks.
- Safety-oriented with a strong commitment to following safe work practices.
- Certified Lift Truck, Boom Truck, and Scissor Lift operator.
- Completed Fall Arrest Training.
- Completed Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) Training.
- Completed Crane Training.
- Computer proficient, including ERP systems, CMMS, Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail and a commitment to continuous improvement.
