Tool Room Foreman-1st Shift Jobs - South Elgin, Illinois (IL)

Tool Room Foreman-1st Shift - Job Description

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Hoffer Plastics is hiring for "Tool Room Foreman", "1st shift".

Starting Pay $42 - $46 (based on experience)

1st Shift

** Hoffer provides full training, extensive benefits, pay premiums for night shifts, and unlimited career potential. ****

Responsibilities:

The following responsibilities will vary based on skill level and experience.

• Stay current with modern advances in technology pertinent to the tool and mold trade.
• Direct supervision of tool room personnel.
• Train and mentor tool room personnel to ensure competency in all positions and at all levels
• Enforce all Company policies, rules, and regulations
• Conduct performance appraisals, recommend transfers, promotions, pay increases when appropriate
• Work with Human Resources for all disciplinary actions, employee complaints, or discharges
• Champion safety during the shift through training and enforcement of policies
• Responsible for results in terms of costs, methods, mold modification and repair.
• Plan, layout jobs, assign, instruct, direct and assist toolmakers.
• This job description does not contain every function/responsibility that may be required in the performance of this job. All team members are required to perform other related duties/functions as assigned.
• Perform duties of toolmaker as required:
  • Modify and repair molds, jigs and fixtures where accuracy requires maintenance of extremely close tolerances on pin length and venting areas with no accompanying flash.
  • Analyze mold modifications to achieve customer demand or productivity demands to include original designs and ideas to be built and installed in the mold.
  • Plan repair procedures, select or recommend special materials.
  • Develop shrinkage and temperature allowances so that very delicate mechanisms function and maintain relative position between different sections and halves of the mold under high temperature molding conditions.
  • Assist with mold set up in the molding plant

PHYSCIAL REQUIREMENTS:

The incumbent will:

• Working in a clean manufacturing environment that may include moderate noise levels and will require spending a significant amount of time moving around on the manufacturing floor.
• Working in fumes, odors, dusts, oil, grease.
• Ability to stand and/or walk up to constantly during the shift.
• Lifting up to fifty lbs (50).
• Perform repetitious movements including ability to push/pull items, bending, stooping, twisting, climbing, manipulative finger movement, repetitive hand/wrist/foot movement, squeezing, balancing, kneeling and crouching is involved in the regular execution of duties.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Must wear appropriate PPE.

Qualifications

• High school degree or equivalent required; TMA certificate preferred.
• 5+ years of experience required, including extensive knowledge of mold function and repair in a plastic injection environment.
• 2+ years' experience performing supervisory and/ or lead responsibilities is preferred.
• Ability to grind complex forms to very close tolerances and complete jobs quickly and efficiently with minimal errors.
• Ability to perform multiple functions such as EDM, Jig Grinding, etc
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs and stand/walk for entire shift (10 hours)
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office Products and CAD software; Solidworks and/or Autocad experience is preferred.

Benefits:

• Medical (PPO Blue Cross Blue Shield)
• Vision (VSP)
• Dental (PPO Blue Cross Blue Shield)
• 401K, Hoffer Plastics matches .50 per $1.00 dollar contributed each payroll period up to 6%.
• Paid Life Insurance
• Short term and Long-term Disability
• 2 Weeks Paid Vacation, up to 5 Days of Paid Leave.
• 9 Paid Holidays
• Reimbursements (Tuition, Prescription Safety Glasses, Steel Toe Shoe, and Fitness)

Join an established, growing third generation U.S. company that goes "All In" for people, plastics and purpose.

Hoffer Plastics Corporation: There's a part of us in Every Piece.

www.hofferplastics.com

Hoffer Plastics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.