Prepress Technician

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITY:

The pre-press technician will, per scheduling and job ticket requirements, pull the job bag, make plates, mount plates, pull and or mix inks, select appropriate dies, make labels and consolidate onto a staging shelf. When required jobs will be taken from the staging shelf and placed on the staging cart s ensuring all tooling, spindles, inks and supplies are staged on the cart, if not already at the press. The carts are then delivered to manufacturing parking space.

Essential Functions:

Work includes most of the following:

• Satisfy all scheduling and job ticket requirements applicable to the pre-press area.
• Maintain job bag storage and use.
• Manufacture printing plates and properly maintain all equipment, including recycling activities, and material control.
• Ensure that back up plates are present for all jobs.
• Properly mount plates as needed. Proper cylinder markings (gains – A, B, and C)
• Inspect dies from vendor and maintain die inventory
• Mix and issue inks as required
• Print required box labels per schedule/job ticket requirements
• Consolidate manufacturing required job bag / ticket, plates, dies, inks, and labels onto staging shelf or delivery cart.
• Deliver cart to assigned press parking spot.
• Comply with all 5s requirements
• Comply with all safety requirements.
• Cycle count dies and inks as required by coordinator.
• Follow standard work practices.
• Complete other tasks assigned by management.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrative of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar or a logical assignment to the position.

QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES:

• Must have high school diploma, GED, or technical school certification.
• Experience within the printing manufacturing or graphics industry desired.
• Good math skills
• Good communication skills (written, oral, computer)
• Computer literate able to learn to use various software packages
• Strong attention to detail.
• Good organizational skills including the ability to multi task and be cross trained in various disciplines.
• Good mechanical aptitude with the ability to learn how to operate department equipment.

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Mental and Physical Requirements

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Understand and observe all Company safety standards.
• Job involves use of hearing protection, work with water based inks, use of degreasers and solvents and other lubricants.
• Must be highly mobile, able to access all areas of the premises;
• Ability to concentrate and remain focused while handling multiple tasks, responsibilities and projects;
• Ability to work over eight hours in a work day, and over 40 in a work week as necessary;
• Use of close vision and fine motor skills to detect quality issues
• Occasional communication with supervisor or other employees.
• Vision abilities including close vision and the ability to adjust focus
• Works with machinery having moving mechanical parts; with potential pinch, cutting and crush points.
• Position requires constant standing, frequent reaching, use of hands and arms, stooping, kneeling, stretching and crouching and occasional lifting of up to 75 pounds, pushing paper rolls that weigh up to 500 pounds
• Constant close attention to detail, use of close vision and fine motor skills to detect quality issues and occasional communication with supervisor or other employees.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $25.00 - $27.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Work Location: In person

Salary : $25 - $27