Injection Moulding Technician in Barnard Castle

Job Title: Injection Moulding TechnicianLocation: Barnard CastleSalary: Up to 42k DOEShifts: Continental 2 days 2 nightsThe Company:Theo James Recruitment are pleased to present an exciting opportunity with a highly successful global leader and manufacturer of high-value injection-moulded packaging and components. Our client serves the consumer packaging, healthcare, and industrial markets, and has a strong reputation for excellence and innovation.The Position:As a Injection Moulding Technician, you will play a crucial role in maintaining the company's standards for safety and quality within your workgroup. Your key responsibilities will include optimising production goals and objectives, ensuring the quality of the parts being produced, providing leadership to the production team, and adhering to the mould-changing and start-up schedule as directed by the production scheduler. Additionally, you will be expected to apply and embed Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) principles at all times.Responsibilities: * Troubleshoot and repair equipment problems to minimize downtime, inefficiency, and scrap. * Approach changes with positivity and flexibility, influencing across the business and acting as a feedback channel to share best practices and learnings. * Identify potential problems with machinery, moulds, process criteria, auxiliary equipment, and any other factors that could impact quality requirements and production schedules. Use the red tag system and provide recommendations for repairs. * Take responsibility for process set up, including moulds setup, press setup, auxiliary equipment setup, and any other requirements to bring a job into production. * Perform daily preventative maintenance and light maintenance on machines, moulds, and auxiliary equipment.Skills & Experience: * Essential experience within injection moulding, preferably with medical devices. * Strong understanding of process improvements on injection moulding machines. * Educated to BTEC level 3 in engineering or equivalent experience. * Familiarity with ISO 9000, ISO 14001, ISO 13485, ISO 18001. * Proficiency in Microsoft Office