Reports to: Production Manager
Purpose of the Job:
The Injection Moulding Machine Setter coordinates the activities required for the production department, monitors and advises on the performance of the production department and company production objectives.
Scope of the Job:
To ensure processes and products conform to company and customer requirements; to ensure the company production objectives and targets (scrap %, etc) are achieved; and to motivate the quality improvement for products and processes. This position is delegated the responsibility to stop delivery, production or development of a product / process in the event where required procedures and quality standards are not achieved. This position involves shift work.
Main tasks of Job (Actual responsibilities):
Maximise the usage of all process equipment and personnel with the goal of supplying the customers with quality products and on-time delivery.
Ensure compliance with the quality management system (QMS).
Ensure the company complies with all environmental requirements and systems (EMS).
Responsible for Health and Safety of the production staff.
Tasks include:
Co-ordinate and manage all production staff. 
Promoting quality achievement and performance improvement throughout the organisation. 
Ensuring that targets are achieved (scrap %, cycle times, etc.). 
Ensure products are manufactured to production schedule and meet the customer quality and delivery requirements.
Manage setting of all injection moulding machines and any ancillary equipment. 
Ensure that production work instructions e.g. Setting Sheets. Inspection Instructions, Packaging and Transport details are adequate and complied with.
Maintain good housekeeping throughout. 
To assist Stores Controller when necessary 
Review all non-conforming products together with the quality department and ensure that effective correction action is taken to prevent recurrence as and when required.
Persuading reluctant staff to change their way of working to incorporate quality methods.
Ensure that the agreed KPI’s are maintained and achieved for yourself and your subordinates.
Complying with the Management Policy Document, departmental procedures, and practices.
To comply with any other work-related instruction which is relayed via a superior and which is deemed to be necessary and reasonable. 
The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be revised, by mutual agreement, in line with the company’s overall Management Policy Document. 
The company expects the employee to carry out his/her duties and responsibilities to the best of their ability and commits itself to empower the employee with the authority to meet these requirements.
Can be requested to stand in for absenteeism of another setter. 
Need to be available for overtime where production requirement is needed to do so.
Degree of Supervision Received (how, how often, by whom):
Must be able to work unsupervised.
Meetings with the relevant managers and Assistant Injection Molding Machine Setters.
Adverse Working Conditions (e.g. dusty, lots of travel, etc):
High pressure, diversity of products, overtime, after-hours call outs for production issues as and when required. Some of the work requires working with lead and lead products and some alcohol-based chemicals, cleaning agents and solvents.
Important Contact: (on work related issues, inside, outside the organisation, and excluding Supervisor)
Liaises with: All department managers, warehouse personnel and operators when required.