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In this role you will supervise production, maintenance, and repair of all injection molds at the West Tempe location. The scope of this job includes but is not limited to assurance of efficient personnel and equipment use, provide injection mold design guidance, scheduling toolroom workload, preparing mold repair cost estimates, guidance of apprenticeship program, occasional troubleshooting in or out-of-plant tooling / assembly / fixtures, and make recommendations for improvements to injection molds.
Education or Equivalent Experience: High School or equivalent
Experience: 5-8 years of experience
Hands on tooling experience.
Complete working knowledge of all molding processes in the plant as it relates to tooling.
Demonstrate knowledge of variability, numerical reasoning, and computer applications.
This is a manufacturing facility, which houses plastic injection molding machines. Must tolerate fumes and particulate generated from various plastics. Work areas are equipped with adequate lighting, cooling/heating and equipment that are in good working condition. Must work constructively in an environment that may be stressful due to competing resources while at all times maintaining company confidentiality.
Must be able to work scheduled work week, plus overtime and/or irregular hours as required to complete assignments. May stand or sit for extended periods of time. Must transport oneself to and from other areas of the facility and travel to other divisions when necessary. Must have good visual acuity. If specifically necessitated by customer requirements, must be able to see with or without corrective lenses and distinguish color differences for product and safety issues. Must be able to lift a minimum of 25lbs
The employee is occasionally required to sit & use hands to handle, feel objects, tools, or controls.
Reach with hands & arms as well as stoop & kneel.
Employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
Occasional travel to vendors may be required.
West is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you have a special need that requires accommodation in order to apply to West, please send an email to Apply.Accommodation@westpharma.com Where permitted by law, an offer of employment with West Pharmaceutical Services, or any of its subsidiary or affiliate companies, is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of background screening.
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. is a leading provider of innovative, high-quality injectable solutions and services. As a trusted partner to established and emerging drug developers, West helps ensure the safe, effective containment and delivery of life-saving and life-enhancing medicines for patients. With 10,000 team members across 50 sites worldwide, West helps support our customers by delivering billions of components and devices each year.
West is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: WST) and is included on the Standard & Poor's 500 index.
