Bindery Specialist

AlphaGraphics of Downtown Raleigh; Garner (NC); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Compensation

Flexible Scheduling

Hard work, collaboration, humanity,fun

Career path development

Job summary

AlphaGraphics of Downtown Raleigh is seeking a Bindery Specialist to operate finishing machines and prepare printed products for delivery. The role emphasizes collaboration within a small, fast-paced team and a strong commitment to quality workmanship.

We value hard work, dependable teammates, and a willingness to contribute to local business success. This is a full-time position at a local AlphaGraphics center with opportunities for career development.

Qualifications

• Ability to apply critical thinking using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas clearly.
• Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce sensible results.
• Ability to arrange actions in a certain order or pattern according to rules.
• Ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved or rearranged.

Responsibilities

• Examine bound products for defects such as imperfect bindings, ink spots, torn pages, loose pages, or loose or uncut threads.
• Read work orders to determine instructions and specifications for machine set-up.
• Install or adjust bindery machine devices to accommodate sizes.
• Trim edges of books to size using cutting machines or hand cutters.
• Stitch or glue endpapers, bindings, backings, or signatures.
• Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions or determine adjustments.
• Maintain daily production records using specified forms.
• Prepare finished books for shipping by wrapping or packing and stacking on pallets.
• Set up or operate glue machines, adjust glue flow or conveyor speed.
• Other essential functions to provide high quality output.

Skills

Critical thinking

Communication

Rule application

Pattern arrangement

Spatial visualization

Job description

BENEFITS/PERKS:

• Competitive Compensation
• Flexible Scheduling
• Hard work, collaboration, humanity, fun, and laughter
• Career path development

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

As an established leader in the Printing, Marketing, and Design industries our mission is to partner with customers from Mom-and-Pop shops to Fortune 50 organizations and provide them with the tools and expertise needed to grow their businesses.

Our tight-knit team in AlphaGraphics - US698 is actively seeking a Bindery Specialist to join us full time. Our Bindery Specialist is primarily responsible for operating various machines and equipment to finish products that have been printed so they can be delivered.

More than anything, we're looking for highly-collaborative and dependable teammates that are driven by the opportunity to contribute to the success of a local business. We are a small, passionate, and fast-paced team that is fully invested in the success of our company, and we value contributions from each team member.

WHAT WE EXPECT OF YOU:

• Examine stitched, collated, bound, or unbound product samples for defects, such as imperfect bindings, ink spots, torn pages, loose pages, or loose or uncut threads.
• Read work orders to determine instructions and specifications for machine set-up.
• Install or adjust bindery machine devices, such as knives, guides, rollers, rounding forms, creasing rams, or clamps, to accommodate sheets, signatures, or books of specified sizes.
• Trim edges of books to size, using cutting machines, book trimming machines, or hand cutters.
• Stitch or glue endpapers, bindings, backings, or signatures, using sewing machines, glue machines, or glue and brushes.
• Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions or to determine whether adjustments are needed.
• Maintain records, such as daily production records, using specified forms.
• Prepare finished books for shipping by wrapping or packing books and stacking boxes on pallets.
• Set up or operate glue machines by filling glue reservoirs, turning switches to activate heating elements, or adjusting glue flow or conveyor speed.
• Other essential functions are needed to provide the highest quality customer service and product output.

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE:

• The ability to apply Critical thinking using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

The employer posting this position, evaluating potential candidates, and making all hiring decisions is an independently owned and operated AlphaGraphics, Inc. franchisee. If hired, Franchisee will be your employer, not AlphaGraphics, Inc. or any of its affiliates or any other franchisees.

AlphaGraphics centers (locations) are independently owned and operated. The posted positions are offered by individual franchisees who interview, hire, manage and pay the employees hired for positions in a specific local location (center) through their specific business.

• AlphaGraphics centers (locations) are independently owned and operated. The posted positions are offered by individual franchisees who interview, hire, manage and pay the employees hired for positions in a specific local location (center) through their specific business.