Bindery Oper (Experienced)

RR Donnelley (RRD); Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 46,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

401(k) with company match

Life insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

RR Donnelley (RRD) is seeking a Bindery Operator in Pittsburgh to set up, operate, and monitor multiple bindery stations, ensuring quality and timely production. You will direct crew, adjust equipment for optimal output, and uphold safety standards across finishing lines.

The role requires reading work orders, calculating tolerances, and coordinating with team members to maintain efficiency and accurate book and catalog production. Competitive hourly wage with comprehensive benefits offered.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret work orders and specs, ensuring dimensional accuracy.
• Capable of calculating distances, clearances, and fits for machine setups.
• Skilled in adjusting and maintaining bindery machines to maintain output quality.
• Knowledge of finishing operations and paper stock quality requirements.
• Safety-conscious with attention to production quality and process standards.

Responsibilities

• Set up and operate bindery equipment and finishing lines.
• Inspect equipment for safety and performance before and during runs.
• Direct crew through all aspects of production to meet schedules.
• Monitor quality, output and productivity; adjust as needed for efficiency.
• Coordinate multiple stations on a single machine to produce complete outputs.

Skills

Reading orders

Dimensional tolerances

Machine setup/adjustment

Quality monitoring

Crew leadership

Safety awareness

Bindery machinery knowledge

Tools

Bindery machinery

Power paper cutters

Collators

Job description

Company Description

RRD is a leading global provider of marketing, packaging, print, and supply chain solutions that elevate engagement across the complete customer journey. The company offers the industry’s most trusted portfolio of creative execution and world-wide business process consulting, with services designed to lower environmental impact. With 22,000 clients, including 93% of the Fortune 100, and 32,000 employees across 28 countries, RRD brings the expertise, execution, and scale designed to transform customer touchpoints into meaningful moments of impact.

Job Description

• Set up, adjust and operate a piece of Bindery equipment (i.e. folder, cutter, stitcher, binding/gluing machines)
• Set up automatic bindery machines containing multiple functions and station capabilities (power paper cutters, power collators and gatherers, power folders, power speed binder) which can be electromechanically combined with other equipment and devices to produce a complete bindery and finishing unit that processes printed sheets into final books, catalogs, manuals, directories, magazines or other completed products
• Inspect equipment for safety issues
• May operate automatic adhesive binding machines (perfect binders) that contain numerous interrelated process stations that are fed collated sheets or signatures and perform such functions as vibrating, milling, roughening, gluing, covering and delivering or stacking completed books, magazines or catalogs
• Make needed adjustments to coordinate the multiple work stations on a single machine
• Direct crew through all aspects of production
• Monitor quality, output and productivity

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret written work orders or other job specifications containing bindery requirements which indicate the number and sequence of machine operations required to complete the work and to maintain dimensional accuracy in accordance with instructions provided; independently makes decisions on the type of equipment to be used
• Must be able to calculate distances, clearances, and fits in combining machines
• Skill in using the full range of standard and specialized tools and devices to adjust and maintain the functional accuracy and operating conditions of the bindery machines
• General knowledge of the more complex bindery machines (i.e. fully automatic binding machines (perfect binders), multiple station collators and multiple folding units, either individually or combined) to perform the full range of standard and specialized folds of printed materials
• Thorough knowledge of the set up, operating requirements, procedures, capabilities and limitations of one or more bindery machines to perform the full range of standard and specialized folding, collating and cutting of printed materials to complete a combined finishing product
• Knowledge of the quality and machining requirements of various coated and uncoated types of paper stock
• Skill in setting up and adjusting machines for finishing operations and to refine such adjustments for the weight, color, machinability and quality of paper stock being used and to prevent machining impressions on the printed materials

Additional Information

Thesalary range for this role at the noted RRD location is $22 - $28 / hour. Starting pay decisions are determined based on multiple factors including but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, skills, experience, certifications, proficiency, performance, shift, location, and other business needs.Typically, roles follow step progressions to a target rate or set increments over time. Depending on the role, in addition to the hourly rate of pay, the total compensation package may also include, overtime, shift differential, call-in, and/or stand-by pay. RRD’s benefit offerings include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, life insurance and other voluntary supplemental insurance coverages, plus parental leave, adoption assistance, tuition assistance and employer/partner discounts.

RRD is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans

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