#1 Operator in Bindery - 3rd shift

TRSS; United States; Remote; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Lead Bindery Operator, where your leadership and technical skills will drive the performance of the production line. This role is essential in ensuring a quality product for customers while fostering a collaborative team environment. You'll have the opportunity to train and develop crew members, ensuring smooth operations and continuous improvement. With a competitive compensation package, including shift differentials and a signing bonus, this position offers a chance to grow in a supportive culture that values diversity and inclusion. Be part of a team that is committed to making a positive impact in the industry and beyond.

Benefits

Comprehensive health coverage

3 weeks vacation

10 sick days

401(K)

Gym reimbursement

Cell phone discounts

Paid volunteer workdays

Mental Health Days Off

Tuition reimbursement

Leadership development programs

Qualifications

• Experience leading and training in an industrial setting.
• Strong mechanical skills for troubleshooting and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead and train crew to optimize production performance.
• Ensure quality product output and facilitate team meetings.

Skills

Leadership

Training and Development

Mechanical Skills

Technical Troubleshooting

Lean Manufacturing

Communication

Team Motivation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Vocational/Technical Degree

Tools

Production Machinery

Job description

We are hiring experienced #1/Lead Bindery Operators for our printing plant team in Eagan, Minnesota. As a #1/Lead Bindery Operator, you will be responsible for the performance of the production line and crew on our Core Publishing Solutions team. For this role, you would also be eligible for a $2,500 signing bonus upon being in the role for 90 days.

Hours of Work – Eagan, Minnesota

3rd shift – 10:30 pm – 6:30 am
Occasional overtime up to 4 hours per day and occasional weekend shifts

About the Role:

• Providing leadership, work direction, and training/developing the skills of the crew to consistently optimize overall performance.
• Ensuring that the line is running smoothly and producing a quality product for our customers, Lead Operators are expected to facilitate Tier 1 meetings and Gemba Walk discussions to drive communication and improvements to the processes associated with the equipment.
• Training for crew members who are temps or are coming in from another area to support workload.
• Motivating others and creating a team environment.

About You:

• Possess a High School Diploma/GED or higher. Candidates with a vocational/technical degree are strongly preferred.
• Experience leading and training others.
• Experience working in an industrial setting with a wide range of production machinery.
• Strong mechanical and technical skills, with the ability to troubleshoot, make decisions and resolve machine issues.
• Experience with Lean and continuous improvement.
• Good communication skills including experience sharing information across shifts and departments.
• Proven success as a trainer.
• Able to run multiple pieces of equipment.
• Experience as a Lead on Perfect Binders with up to 40 station collators, 3-knife trimmers, inline boxing and palletizing.
• Experience with hard-cover casing-in lines, collating/kitting lines with up to 30 streamfeeder stations, packaging/cartooning lines, Sitma mail lines and hot foil stampers.
• Able to read, interpret and explain documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and production orders.
• Can regularly lift at least 5 lbs. above the shoulder as well as push, pull and lift at least 10 lbs occasionally up to 50 lbs.
• Can regularly stand, walk, crouch, bend, reach and kneel.
• Can wear Personal Protective Equipment including steel toe shoes and ear protection.

What's in it For You?

• Compensation: 2nd shift differential - $4.00 per hour, 3rd shift differential - $5.00 per hour, bonus plan.
• Learning & Development: On-the-job coaching & learning, leadership capability development, Harvard Management Courses, key talent programs, tuition reimbursement.
• Benefits: Comprehensive health coverage with benefits effective day one, 3 weeks vacation, 10 sick days, 9 company holidays, 3 floating days, uniform and laundry service, 401(K).
• Perks: Social events & activities, 2 paid volunteer workdays a year, gym reimbursement, cell phone discounts.
• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: company-wide Mental Health Days Off; Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Purpose-Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we help our customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency.
• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
• Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations. For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation hourly range for this role is $22 - $40. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years.

Accessibility

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.