What are the responsibilities and job description for the Processing Engineer - Technician 2025 Paid Summer Internship position at American Plastics, LLC?
Job Description
Job Description
Description :
American Plastics, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative plastic-injection molded products for the household & garage storage and commercial cleaning end-markets. We are looking for someone eager to learn and grow within the organization as a Process Technician / Engineer. We are hiring a Process Engineer / Technician Intern for the Summer of 2025; 8 weeks.
This internship would reside in one of our locations : Jefferson City, MO, Findlay or Tiffin, OH, Kingman, AZ, or Simpsonville, SC.
Work alongside experienced process technicians to learn and develop the skills needed to safely and efficiently set-up, operate and troubleshoot injection molds, injection molding presses, and injection molding processes. Duties include any auxiliary functions needed to keep the area running safely and efficiently including running production.
Responsibilities :
- Mix, blend, purge, and load raw material into presses for production runs
- Set-up, clean, and prepare molds for upcoming production runs
- Set molds into presses and connect water and / or electrical hook-ups to the machine
- Load correct program and adjust machine settings to produce parts to spec while ensuring the machine is running at peak efficiency
- Trouble shoot the molding operation throughout the production run
- Run production as needed
- Work with operators, supervisory personnel, Engineering and Quality as needed to produce any needed components
- Perform additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives
Requirements :
If you are interested in joining the?American Plastics?team and want to work in a fast-paced, progressive environment, we want to hear from you. ?We offer a competitive salary and 401k to all our internships.
