Flexographic Printer

Reflexlabels; Telford; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Reflex Group in Telford is seeking an experienced Printer to operate flexoprinting presses and ensure output meets timeframes and customer specs. You will supervise the press assistant, maintain safe working practices, and coordinate materials for the next process.

The role requires strong attention to safety, quality, and housekeeping, with responsibilities including shift handovers, reducing downtime, and driving continuous improvements using CI techniques.

Qualifications

• Experience in Flexographic Printing.
• Ability to operate or quickly learn to operate various printing machines and related software.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience meeting SEDEX and ETI Requirements (not essential).
• Experience working within a team with a good standard of communication.

Responsibilities

• Ensure health & safety requirements within the departments are adhered to at all times.
• To ensure that all print personnel are operating in a safe manner.
• To be responsible for the operation of the press.
• To minimise downtime and waste within the print department.
• To develop the efficiency of machine performance by effective trouble shooting and implementing improvements using CI techniques.
• To be responsible for the consumable items used within the print department.
• The effective supervision of the print assistant within the operations, ensuring that all staff have the skills necessary to complete their roles to a high and safe standard.
• Take due care and attention of equipment and resources with particular regard to Health & Safety, hygiene, good housekeeping and basic maintenance.
• To ensure that Health, Safety and Hygiene procedures are followed at all times, including compliance with BRC criteria.
• Carry out effective shift handovers to ensure continued quality and avoid unnecessary downtime issues
• Ensure press speeds are constantly optimised

Skills

Flexographic printing

Safety compliance

Team supervision

Quality control

Machine maintenance

Communication

Job description

Printer

Location: Telford

Position Type: Full-Time / Part Time, Permanent

Working Hours:

1x 24 hours per week 06.00 – 18.00 Saturday and Sunday

1x A rotating shift pattern of week 1: 6.00 – 14.00 and week 2: 14.00 – 22.00

Established in 2002, the Reflex Group is now the largest privately owned print and packaging company in the UK having grown to over 900 employees across 22 sites in the UK and Europe. The company prides itself on quality, efficiency, ethics, and low environmental impact whilst being innovative and dynamic. The company has an opportunity for an experienced Printer at our site in Telford.

Role Overview

The role encompasses the operation offlexoprinting presses, ensuring that designs and printed within a targettimeframeand to the customer specification. To co-ordinate and manage the safe operation of the Press and supervise the assistant ensuring all best practices are adhered too. Also to organise ancillary products/equipment to provide a well organised and safe place of work including the distribution facility for raw materials, WIP and finished goods ensuring materials are available asrequiredfor the next process.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Ensure health & safety requirements within the departments areadhered to at all times.
• To ensure that all print personnel areoperatingin a safe manner
• Tobe responsible forthe operation of the press
• To minimise downtime and waste within the print department departments
• To develop the efficiency of machine performance by effective trouble shooting and implementing improvements using CI techniques.
• Tobe responsible forthe consumable items used within the print department.
• The effective supervision of the print assistant within the operations, ensuring that all staff have the skills necessary to complete their roles to a high and safe standard.
• Take due care and attention of equipment and resources withparticular regardto Health & Safety, hygiene, goodhousekeepingand basic maintenance.
• To ensure that Health, Safety and Hygiene procedures arefollowed at all times, including compliance with BRC criteria.
• Carry out effective shift handovers to ensure continued quality and avoid unnecessary downtime issues
• Ensure press speeds are constantly optimised

Required Skills & Experience:

• Excellent verbal communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills.
• Ability tooperateor to quickly learn tooperatevarious printing machines and related software.
• Ability to follow instructions.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience in Flexographic Printing
• Experience meeting SEDEX and ETI Requirements (not essential)
• Experience working within a team with a good standard of communication