Pre-Press Specialist (Continental Shift) - Growth & Training

Smurfit Westrock; Duckmanton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual leave & pension

Cycle to Work

Training opportunities

Confidential support

Flexible working

Disability confident interview

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock is seeking a Pre-Press Assistant at Markham Vale to support the safe storage, handling and preparation of cutting formes and printing plates. You will ensure correct distribution to machines, perform quality checks, and help maintain accurate records of movements and repairs.

The role requires initiative, attention to detail, and the ability to work across shifts in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all formes and stereos are distributed to the relevant machines in prior to production (as dictated to by the production program)
• Ensure all tooling is quality checked prior to production where possible, and report any issues found to the line manager
• To recheck the quality of all formes and printing plates when returning them to the designated location and report any issues found to the line manager
• To liase with the line manager and planning departments when internal/external repairs need to be carried out
• To take receipt and carry out quality checks on all incoming formes and stereos
• Ensure all formes and stereos are safely and accurately stored within the system to enable easy and efficient access, where possible
• To do minor repairs on cutting formes and minor amendments on printing plates where possible and when trained
• To keep a clean and tidy work area, which will be monitored by the pre-press co Ordinator and the senior technical supervisor
• It is expected that the Pre-press Assistant will use their own initiative to cover further improvement areas beyond this list and similarly will undertake tasks that are not in this list that are deemed to be a reasonable request.

Skills

Vision

PSA

Excel

Outlook

Analytical

Tooling knowledge

Strong communicator

Team player

Coach

Punctual

Job description

Smurfit Westrock is seeking a Pre-Press Assistant at Markham Vale to support the safe storage, handling and preparation of cutting formes and printing plates. You will ensure correct distribution to machines, perform quality checks, and help maintain accurate records of movements and repairs.

The role requires initiative, attention to detail, and the ability to work across shifts in a manufacturing environment.