Mold Changer

Official Job Title - Mold Changer

Company / Brand - American Bath Group / Aquatic Bathware

Plant / Work Location - Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

Department - Manufacturing - Molding / Spray Line Support

Reports To - Production Supervisor / Molding or Spray Line Supervisor

Supervisory Scope - None

Employment / FLSA Status - Hourly; non-exempt

Hourly Rate - In accordance with the current plant wage structure

Shift / Standard Schedule - Monday through Thursday, 5:00 am to 3:30 pm

Work Model - Onsite

Overtime / Schedule Expectations - May be required based on production needs

2. Position Summary and Primary Mandate

Coordinate safe, accurate, and timely mold changeovers so the spray or molding area has the correct bathware mold available in the required production sequence. Remove damaged or unavailable molds from production, move molds to and from designated maintenance or storage locations, and support line readiness without creating avoidable downtime, quality risk, or material-handling hazards.

In an acrylic and fiberglass bathware operation, molds are production-critical tooling that establish the geometry and surface condition of tubs, showers, bases, and related units. A mold-change error can place the wrong model into the schedule, delay upstream spray operations, create quality defects, or expose employees to unnecessary handling risk. The Mold Changer therefore functions as the link between the production sequence, mold condition, mold maintenance, and safe material movement.

3. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Production Sequence and Workstation Readiness

• Review the current spray list, production schedule, visual board, traveler, or other approved sequencing method before beginning a changeover.
• Confirm the model or mold identification, orientation, production position, and destination before moving or installing tooling.
• Inspect the changeover area for obstructions, wet surfaces, damaged carts, unsecured hoses, pedestrians, or other conditions that could make mold movement unsafe.
• Verify that required hand tools, material-handling equipment, and PPE are available and in serviceable condition before starting work.

Mold Changeover Execution

• Remove the outgoing mold from the production position using the plant-approved method and maintain control of the mold during movement, turning, positioning, and staging.
• Install or position the incoming mold according to model, line, and production sequence requirements; confirm that the mold is correctly seated, oriented, secured, and ready for the next authorized process step.
• Use approved hand tools only for the connections, fasteners, clamps, fixtures, or other changeover steps included in the employee's training and authorization.
• Protect mold surfaces, edges, fittings, and attached components from impact or contamination during movement and staging.
• Complete changeovers at the required pace while never bypassing guarding, traffic controls, lifting requirements, lockout/tagout boundaries, or safe-work procedures.

Mold Condition and Maintenance Coordination

• Identify visible mold damage, excessive wear, contamination, loose hardware, cracked components, surface defects, or other abnormalities encountered during changeover.
• Remove damaged or suspect molds from the production flow when authorized, clearly identify their status, and route them to the designated hold, repair, or maintenance location.
• Move molds to and from mold maintenance or tooling areas as needed to support repair schedules and return-to-service timing.
• Do not return a mold to production when a known condition exceeds the employee's inspection criteria or when required maintenance/quality release has not been completed.

Flow, Housekeeping, and Handoff

• Coordinate the timing of mold moves with spray, molding, material handling, maintenance, and supervision so changeovers do not create avoidable line interruption.
• Maintain clear aisles, designated mold-storage locations, and orderly staging so molds and handling devices do not block emergency access or production traffic.
• Complete required mold-status, production-sequence, downtime, defect, maintenance-request, or changeover records.
• Communicate incomplete changes, damaged tooling, equipment issues, schedule changes, and special conditions during shift handoff.

4. Key Accountabilities and Performance Expectations

The following expectations define the stable, ongoing performance requirements of the role. Numeric production targets, annual goals, and temporary priorities are managed through current plant performance standards.

Accountability/Performance Expectation

Safe Mold Handling

Moves and positions molds only with approved methods and equipment, maintains control of loads, and follows pedestrian, traffic, lifting, and authorization requirements.

Correct Model and Sequence

Matches the mold identification to the current production or spray list and prevents the wrong mold from entering the production position.

Changeover Reliability

Completes mold changes within the expected production window while protecting employees, tooling, and product quality.

Mold Condition Control

Recognizes visible damage or abnormal condition, removes suspect molds from normal flow when authorized, and prevents known defects from being ignored.

Maintenance Coordination

Routes molds to repair or maintenance locations, preserves status identification, and supports the maintenance schedule and return-to-service process.

Tool and Area Control

Keeps hand tools and material-handling devices serviceable and maintains clear, organized staging and travel paths.

Communication and Records

Documents required changes or exceptions and communicates schedule, damage, downtime, and handoff information promptly.

5. Decision-Making Authority and Escalation

Within Training and Authorization, the Mold Changer May

• Confirm mold identity, production position, and change sequence before beginning a changeover.
• Use approved hand tools and material-handling devices for which required plant training and authorization have been completed.
• Remove or hold a visibly damaged or suspect mold from normal production flow when that action is within the plant's standard work.
• Stage molds in designated production, storage, maintenance, or hold locations and communicate their status.
• Stop a mold move or changeover when the path, equipment, load stability, tooling condition, or surrounding activity creates an unsafe condition.

Supervisor, Quality, EHS, or Maintenance Direction Is Required For

• Mold damage, cracks, worn surfaces, loose components, structural concerns, or quality conditions beyond the employee's inspection or correction limits.
• Damaged carts, hoists, slings, cranes, powered industrial trucks, fixtures, fasteners, guards, or other handling equipment.
• Any need to service equipment, enter a lockout/tagout boundary, perform rigging outside authorization, or change an established changeover method.
• Conflicts between the physical mold identification and the spray list, production schedule, traveler, or system record.
• A mold that cannot be positioned, secured, or released safely; unstable loads; blocked travel routes; or conditions involving uncontrolled movement.
• Any proposed change to lifting limits, required PPE, mold acceptance criteria, repair authority, or production sequence.

6. Working Relationships

Production Supervisor / Team Lead

Receives sequence priorities, changeover timing, and work assignments; escalates downtime, tooling, staffing, or safety concerns.

Spray / Molding Operators

Coordinates outgoing and incoming mold readiness so the correct mold is available without exposing operators to an uncontrolled changeover.

Mold Maintenance / Tooling

Moves molds to and from maintenance, communicates damage or abnormal condition, and follows hold/release status direction.

Quality

Communicates mold-related conditions that may affect surface quality, dimensions, repeat defects, or product acceptance.

Material Handling

Coordinates aisle access, carts, powered movement, or staging when the plant assigns separate handling responsibilities.

Maintenance

Reports damaged changeover devices, fixtures, hoists, tools, guards, or mechanical issues and supports safe troubleshooting within authorization.

EHS / Plant Safety

Follows lifting, traffic, PPE, ergonomics, hazard communication, and emergency requirements and reports unsafe conditions or near misses.

7. Required Qualifications

• Ability to read and follow a production sequence, mold identification, visual work instruction, schedule, and standard work.
• Ability to distinguish mold/model numbers and verify that the correct tooling is being moved to the correct production position.
• Ability to use basic hand tools safely and to learn plant-specific mold handling and changeover methods.
• Ability to communicate damage, schedule conflicts, equipment issues, and unsafe conditions promptly.
• Dependable attendance and ability to work in a production-paced manufacturing environment with frequent standing, bending, stooping, walking, and material movement.
• Ability to complete required material-handling or powered-equipment training if such equipment is part of the Aquatic role.

8. Preferred Qualifications

• Prior manufacturing, tooling, mold-change, material-handling, fiberglass/composites, plastics, or production-line experience preferred.
• Experience using hoists, carts, lift devices, or powered industrial trucks is preferred when applicable, but plant certification/authorization is still required.
• Basic mechanical aptitude and experience recognizing damaged fasteners, fixtures, tooling surfaces, or handling equipment are preferred.

9. Knowledge, Skills, Competencies, and Behaviors

• Accurate mold/model identification and disciplined adherence to the current production sequence.
• Safe load-control awareness, including travel path, pinch-point, crush-zone, hand-placement, and pedestrian considerations.
• Basic mechanical aptitude for approved hand-tool and connection/disconnection tasks.
• Recognition of visible mold damage, contamination, loose hardware, and conditions that require maintenance or quality review.
• Situational awareness around moving molds, carts, powered industrial trucks, spray-line activity, hoses, and floor hazards.
• Clear communication with production, maintenance, quality, and material-handling partners during time-sensitive changeovers.
• Alignment with American Bath Group values, including Integrity, Transparency, Servant Leadership, Accountability, Teamwork, and Safety.

10. Tools, Equipment, Materials, and Systems

• Adjustable wrench and other plant-approved basic hand tools used in the standardized changeover method
• Mold carts, dollies, fixtures, stands, rails, and designated staging devices
• Hoists, cranes, slings, lift assists, or powered industrial trucks only when included in the job and after required training/authorization
• Mold identification labels, spray lists, production schedules, travelers, scanners, visual boards, or check sheets
• Tags, hold indicators, or other status-identification materials used for damaged or maintenance-bound molds

Authorization boundary: Mold movement must be performed only with plant-approved handling methods and devices. Employees may operate powered equipment, hoists, rigging devices, or perform lockout/tagout or maintenance work only when specifically trained and authorized. The 10-pound manual-lifting statement in the legacy SOP does not establish the safe handling method for the mold itself.

11. Safety and Personal Protective Equipment

Required PPE and engineering controls are established by posted plant rules, task-specific hazard assessments, applicable safety data sheets, and written safety programs. Employees must use assigned PPE and may not bypass controls or perform work outside their training and authorization.

Condition / Task Required PPE or Response Always / area-required

Safety glasses with side protection; safety-toe, slip-resistant footwear; plant-approved work clothing.

Mold handling / hand contact

Leather, cut-resistant, or other task-appropriate gloves selected by the plant for pinch, abrasion, sharp-edge, and handling hazards.

Powered equipment / traffic areas

High-visibility apparel, seat belt, or other traffic controls when required by the site and equipment type.

Noise-designated area

Hearing protection as posted or required.

Chemical or spray-area exposure

Any gloves, protective clothing, eye/face protection, or respiratory protection identified by the area hazard assessment and SDS; respiratory protection only under the written respiratory-protection program.

12. Physical Requirements

The following describes the general nature of the essential work. Reasonable accommodations will be considered in accordance with applicable law.

• Standing / walking: Prolonged standing and frequent walking between line positions, staging locations, storage, and maintenance areas throughout the assigned shift.
• Posture: Frequent bending and stooping, along with reaching, twisting, crouching, and occasional kneeling during changeover work.
• Manual handling: Frequent handling of hand tools, hardware, attachments, and smaller changeover components within established safe-handling limits.
• Mold movement: Full molds or mold assemblies may be substantially heavier or more awkward than manual-lifting limits and should be handled using the plant-approved mechanical method when required.
• Grip / force: Frequent gripping, pushing, pulling, steering, positioning, fastening, and stabilizing motions are required based on the handling system and changeover task.
• Endurance / pace: Ability to perform repetitive changeovers and material movement in a production-paced environment while maintaining control and situational awareness.

13. Work Environment and Exposure

• Indoor bathware manufacturing environment with molds, carts, conveyors, powered equipment, hoses, tools, and material-handling traffic.
• Potential proximity to gelcoat, resin, fiberglass, dust, odors, noise, and other composite-manufacturing exposures depending on where mold changes occur.
• Potential pinch points, crush zones, sharp edges, awkward mold geometry, elevated or suspended loads, and congested travel paths during changeover activity.
• Work areas may include heat, humidity, cold, or changing temperatures consistent with a non-climate-controlled manufacturing environment.
• Engineering controls, guarding, traffic controls, marked storage areas, safe-work procedures, and required PPE must be used as trained.

14. Safety, Quality, and Compliance Responsibilities

• Follow all applicable company and plant safety policies, standardized work, quality requirements, environmental rules, and production-control procedures.
• Verify mold identity and status before installation and do not knowingly place damaged, held, or incorrect tooling into production.
• Use required PPE and material-handling controls and never bypass load limits, pedestrian controls, guards, or required lifting devices to save time.
• Operate only tools, hoists, lift assists, powered industrial trucks, and other equipment for which required training and authorization have been completed.
• Report damaged molds, equipment defects, unstable loads, blocked travel routes, near misses, spills, and unsafe conditions immediately.
• Complete production, changeover, maintenance, downtime, hold, and inspection documentation accurately and on time when assigned.
• Stop work and seek direction when a condition exceeds assigned training, authorization, safe handling limits, or established acceptance criteria.

15. Onboarding, Training, and Independent Proficiency

Plant-specific training requirements will be communicated during onboarding. The employee must complete assigned prerequisites, observation, coached practice, evaluations, and required sign-offs before performing applicable work independently.

• Plant orientation, emergency response, hazard communication, PPE, pedestrian/traffic awareness, and job-specific safety training before independent work.
• Mold/model identification, production or spray-list interpretation, designated staging locations, hold/release status, and changeover sequence.
• Hands-on coached practice for the approved mold removal, movement, positioning, securing, and hand-tool steps for each applicable line or mold family.
• Powered industrial truck, hoist, crane, rigging, lift-assist, or other equipment training and evaluation only when that equipment is assigned to the role.
• Recognition and escalation of damaged molds, damaged handling devices, unstable loads, pinch/crush hazards, and changeover conditions outside standard work.
• Independent proficiency should require repeatable safe changeovers, correct mold selection, protection of tooling, complete status communication, and adherence to all authorization boundaries.

16. Standard Company Statements

Equal Employment Opportunity

American Bath Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without discrimination based on any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Work Authorization and Sponsorship

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. We do not sponsor employment visas now or in the future.

At-Will Employment and General Duties

This job description is not intended to contain a comprehensive listing of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications required of the employee. Duties and responsibilities may be changed or assigned based on business needs. Nothing in this job description creates a contract of employment or alters the at-will employment relationship. Either the employee or American Bath Group may terminate employment at any time, with or without cause or notice, subject to applicable law.

Reasonable Accommodation

Reasonable accommodations will be considered in accordance with applicable law.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $17.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• What is your desired base rate of pay on an hourly basis?
• Will you now or in the future require Sponsorship for an employment VISA?
• Are you able to work Monday through Thursday 5am to 3:30 pm?

Experience:

• Manufacturing: 2 years (Preferred)
• Forklift: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Elizabethtown, PA 17022 (Required)

Work Location: In person