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Mold Maintenance Technician
About this role
Prima Corporation Limited, a leading manufacturer of preforms and caps in West Africa, seeks a Mold Maintenance Technician for its Lagos operations. The role focuses on preventive and corrective maintenance of injection moulds and hot runner systems on Husky machines to ensure production efficiency, product quality and equipment reliability. The technician will work with moulds, hot runner components and related tooling, performing diagnostics, repairs and routine servicing. You should have hands-on experience with Husky injection moulding equipment and relevant mechanical skills. The company offers a competitive salary and benefits, with opportunities for growth and training, and emphasises safety and a clean working environment.
What you would do
- Perform preventive and breakdown maintenance on injection moulds and hot runner systems
- Maintain and troubleshoot hot runner components such as manifolds, nozzles, heater bands, thermocouples, valve gate systems, temperature controllers, wiring and connectors
- Diagnose and repair heating imbalance, leakage, short circuits, gate blockage and temperature control issues
- Disassemble, inspect, clean, repair, polish and reassemble molds
- Conduct resistance and continuity testing for heaters and thermocouples
- Support mold installation, startup, sampling and process troubleshooting on Husky machines
- Monitor mold cooling, hydraulic and pneumatic systems
- Replace worn mold components (ejector pins, sliders, inserts, O-rings, seals, springs)
- Read and interpret mold drawings, hot runner schematics and maintenance manuals
- Maintain maintenance records, spare parts inventory and repair history and coordinate with production and quality teams to reduce downtime
What they are asking for
- BTech/BEng or HND/OND in Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronics
- 3-5 years in mold maintenance, mold making or injection moulding operations
- Strong knowledge of moulds, components and tooling systems
- Ability to assemble, disassemble, repair and maintain moulds
- Proficiency in precision measurement tools (vernier calipers, micrometers, dial indicators)
- Knowledge of hydraulic, pneumatic and cooling systems in moulds
- Ability to read engineering drawings and specifications
- Experience in preventive and corrective maintenance and root-cause analysis
- Understanding of workplace safety procedures and standards
- Physical ability to handle mould components and operate maintenance tools
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