Senior Thermoforming Setup Technician

Pay: $70,000–$110,000 per year Job Type: Full-time Shift: 2:00 PM – 10:00 PM

We are looking for an experienced Senior Thermoforming Setup Technician to join our manufacturing team.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with thin-gauge roll-fed PET, APET, and rPET thermoforming and can independently handle mold changes, machine setup, troubleshooting, and production startup.

Responsibilities

• Perform mold, tooling, and trim-tool changeovers.
• Set up and align molds, plug assists, trim tooling, rails, chains, and web paths.
• Adjust heaters, vacuum, air pressure, timing, and forming parameters.
• Start machines and bring production to the first good part.
• Troubleshoot web tracking, heating, material sag, and servo/drive issues.
• Maintain stable production and reduce scrap and downtime.
• Complete setup documentation.

Requirements

• 3+ years of thermoforming setup/changeover experience.
• Strong mechanical and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with PET, APET, and/or rPET.
• Ability to perform complete mold and trim-tool changeovers with minimal supervision.
• Ability to read setup sheets and tooling documentation.
• Experience with thermoforming machine brands/models is a plus.

Please include the thermoforming machine brands and models you have operated on your resume.

If you have strong hands-on thermoforming setup experience and can take a machine from changeover to first good piece and stable production, we want to hear from you.