Field Applications Specialist (Prepress)

JDA Print Recruitment; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous salary + car allowance

Fantastic personal development

Thorough onboarding and training

Service and maintain mission critical

Job summary

JDA Print Recruitment is sourcing a Field Applications Specialist (Prepress) for a global provider of flexographic and prepress solutions. You will work on a production floor, servicing and troubleshooting live prepress equipment, training customers on-site and remotely, and supporting plate-making workflows.

You’ll travel across Australia, helping launch new products, and build long-term relationships with customers. A hands-on, technical mindset and a valid driver’s license are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in prepress, flexographic printing or plate-making.
• A technical or field service background in printing or industrial equipment.
• Hands-on, problem-solving mindset and ability to explain technical concepts clearly.
• A valid driver's license and willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Service, maintain and troubleshoot specialised prepress equipment in live production environments.
• Train customers and educate internal sales teams, on-site and remote.
• Support plate-making workflows and related systems.
• Help launch new products - installation, implementation, training.
• Visit customers across Australia and build long-term relationships.

Skills

Prepress experience

Field service

Customer training

Travelling

Technical troubleshooting

Tools

Printing equipment

Job description

Field Applications Specialist (Prepress)

If you know your way around a plate-making line and you'd rather solve real problems on a production floor than sit in an office, read on.

The company is a respected global provider of integrated solutions for the flexographic, letterpress and prepress markets - photopolymer plate processing, sleeves and adapters, and the workflow technology around them. This is a hands‑on technical role supporting the customers who run that equipment every day.

This is not an IT or software support role. It's a field service and applications role for someone who understands prepress and flexo printing from the inside.

What you'd actually do

• Service, maintain and troubleshoot specialised prepress equipment in live production environments
• Train customers and educate internal sales teams, on-site and remote
• Support plate‑making workflows and related systems
• Help launch new products - installation, implementation, training
• Visit customers across Australia and build long‑term relationships

What we genuinely need

• Experience in prepress, flexographic printing or plate‑making
• A technical or field service background in printing or industrial equipment
• A hands‑on, problem‑solving mindset and the ability to explain technical things clearly
• A valid driver's licence and willingness to travel

Engineering and workflow software exposure are a real plus, but if you've got the print and plate‑making experience, we'll back you on the rest.

Who you'd work with

You'd join a collaborative international team, working alongside internal sales and technical people who know the industry. This is a role with autonomy, clearly defined responsibilities, and expectation of building customer relationships.

What's on offer

• Generous salary + car allowance
• Fantastic personal development opportunity
• Detailed training and thorough onboarding process – setting you up for success!
• Service and maintain ‘mission critical’ specialised prepress equipment + workflow

***You must have full working rights to work in Australia as visa sponsorship and relocation are not provided for this role.***

Ref. JDA V1675900

Additional information

• Melbourne based
• Some interstate travel
• Generous package + car allowance