Molding Specialist

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients. 

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work. 

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives— where your purpose accelerates our mission. 

Your Role at Baxter

This is where we make life-saving products

This position provides technical support of equipment to maintenance and process personnel, through training and driving continuous improvement in the injection molding, perform molding, blow molding and LSR molding production areas. This support includes providing direction to maintenance and process personnel in steps for validation of new machines and molds. Develop strategies and support initial setup and startup of equipment, processing, changeover activities, troubleshooting equipment and processes, and equipment care activities. Working with various cross-functional teams to maximize equipment efficiencies and provide ideas for continuous improvement opportunities. Must fully support operations on the production floor and communicate effectively with production team members.

Your Team

Baxter is focused on saving and sustaining lives by finding solutions to complex problems. Each day, the manufacturing team strives to create quality products for our customers—and are sometimes met with unforeseen issues to solve. The high-caliber talent at Baxter meets these challenges head-on, as a team, to create products with the customer's needs top-of-mind.

We build relationships with each other to get work done. As a multidisciplinary environment, we are always learning from others and exchanging ideas. This means we are open to new opinions and encourage Baxter employees always to be their authentic selves and celebrate our various backgrounds.

A manufacturing facility is a high-energy environment with little downtime. We have robust processes that ensure our employees are safe and healthy—both mentally and physically. We pride ourselves on being top of the line regarding cleanliness and safety.

What we offer from Day One

• Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
• 160 hours of Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• 401K match
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement

What you'll be doing:

Equipment and Process Performance

• Evaluate and lead molding equipment and process improvements to ensure Safety of personnel and equipment, Quality of products and workmanship, and reaching efficiency goals while reducing waste.
• Use all available performance data and statistical analysis of OEE, Cavitation, Cycle Time, and Downtime reports to drive improvements in the molding departments.
• Support maintenance and service techs to initiate/complete work orders for equipment related problems.

• Utilize all available information and support groups to resolve problems in a timely manner.
• Ensure all required documentation / communication is complete to address issues and drive appropriate resolution and capture history of issues.
• Support maintenance and process personnel on complex troubleshooting events of equipment and processes.

• Create training matrices for Production Technician and mechanic development.
• Train Production Technicians and Maintenance personnel in changeovers to include that setup and startup activities are accurate for molds, machines, robots, mold protection, part handling and all other steps are correct.
• Develop maintenance and process personnel skills to include lean maintenance practices.
• Work with Supervisors, Production Technicians, etc. to ensure SOPs and JIBs are accurate.
• Provide support to equipment qualification/validation.
• Develop and approve JIBs for equipment and process work steps.
• Lead communication and actions with Quality, Engineering, Maintenance and Production to ensure smooth transition from validation to production use.
  
  

What you'll bring:

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Minimum 10 years related experience required.
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
• RJG - Master molder certification and/or ability to achieve certification is a plus.
• Technologists’ understanding of the machines, robots and automation is a plus.
• Deep understanding of Arburg, Sumitomo, Engel, Krauss-Maffei, Husky and Sidel machines and auxiliary equipment Wittmann, Strelco, Motan, Staubli robots and more is a plus.
• Attend daily tier three meetings to support production and report on molding activities and improvements.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $72,000 - $99,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than that of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

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The successful candidate for this job may be required to verify that he or she has been vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to reasonable accommodations for individuals with medical conditions or religious beliefs that prevent vaccination, and in accordance with applicable law.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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