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Injection Molding Maintenance Technician

Buffalo Grove, IL 60089

Employment Type: Permanent Job Category: Technician Job Number: 43023420 Compensation: $30-38 / hour

Job Description

Job Description
To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add Injection Molding Maintenance Technicians on 2nd and 3rd shift. Company is located in Buffalo Grove, IL.
Reporting to the Equipment Maintenance Manager, the Injection Molding Maintenance Technician role involves maintaining and repairing injection molding machines.

2nd Shift Hours:  2:00 pm - 10:30 pm | Tuesday-Saturday | +4 years of experience
3rd Shift Hours: 10pm - 6:30am | Monday-Friday | +7 years of experience
Pay range from $30-38/hr.

What a typical day looks like:
  • Through troubleshooting, identifies machine malfunctions and isolates the failure mechanism.
  • Repairs the failure mechanism in the most cost-effective manner.
  • Performs preventive maintenance at specified intervals and schedules.
  • Performs calibrations and re-qualifications on equipment at specified intervals and schedules.
  • Assists process technicians and engineers with the installation and removal of process equipment.
  • Records times and problems in equipment logs.
  • Provides daily equipment functioning activity information.
  • Disassembles instruments and equipment and inspects components for defects.
  • Aligns, repairs, replaces and balances component parts and circuitry.
  • Assists engineers in formulating test, calibration, repair and evaluation plans and procedures to maintain precision accuracy of measuring, recording and indicating instruments and equipment.
  • May require travel to other sites or equipment vendors’ locations.
  • Highest level may perform both software and hardware maintenance.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:
  • Associate’s Degree in related field, military technical training or equivalent education and training.
  • 10 years of related experience.
  • Experience working with injection molding machines required.

Meet Your Recruiter

Max Francis
Recruiting Team Lead

Max Francis is a Recruiter at Sterling Engineering, where he has been a valued member of the team for more than seven years. He focuses on supporting a key Flex account, helping connect qualified candidates with opportunities that align with their experience, goals, and long-term career path.

Max understands that making a career move is a major life decision. He enjoys helping candidates navigate the ever-changing job market and hiring process with confidence, clarity, and support. His goal is to help each candidate take the next meaningful step in their career while finding the right long-term professional home.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. 

 As one of the most respected names in engineering staffing, Sterling has hundreds of opportunities with top employers. If you’ve got a friend or colleague seeking their next move in engineering, we could have their next opportunity. We offer a referral bonus for every referral that we place. Submit referral now. 

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