Folder Gluer Machine Operator

RRD Company; Kent, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime pay

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Parental leave

Job summary

RRD Company is seeking an experienced Bindery Operator to operate and set up folder gluer machines and related equipment. You will coordinate multiple binding stations to convert printed sheets into final books, ensuring quality and efficiency.

Shift hours are 2 PM to 10 PM, with compensation ranging hourly. The role includes overtime and benefits such as medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus retirement plans. All employment offers are contingent upon background and drug screening.

Qualifications

• Read and interpret work orders and bindery specifications to maintain accuracy.
• Must calculate distances/clearances and fits for joining machines and components.
• Operate, adjust and coordinate multiple bindery machines to produce finished products.
• Ensure quality, output, and productivity meet standards while supervising crew.

Responsibilities

• Operate a variety of Folder Gluer machines.
• Set up and adjust auxiliary binding machines with multiple heads and attachments.
• Operate automatic bindery machines with several functions to produce finished books or catalogs.
• Inspect equipment for safety issues.
• Make adjustments to coordinate work stations on a machine.
• Direct crew through production, monitor quality and output.

Skills

Read work orders

Equipment setup

Quality monitoring

Team leadership

Machine operation

Tools

Folder/Gluer machines

Automatic bindery machines

Power cutters/collectors

Job description

• Compensation: USD 23.25 - USD 36.25 - hourly

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

• Operate a variety of Folder Gluer machines
• Set up, adjust and operate a variety of auxiliary binding machines containing several cutting heads, control surfaces or other attachments (i.e. inkjet and mailing devices, case making & decorating equipment, folders, cutters, collators, stitchers, drills, 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 though 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

Thepay range for this role is $23.25 - $36.25/hour. The actual rate of pay offered may vary based upon, but not limited to: education, skills, experience, proficiency, performance, shift, and location.

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.

• 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.
• $2.00 per hour shift differential for 2nd shift.

Shift Hours: 2PM - 10PM

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All employment offers are contingent upon the successful completion of both a pre-employment background and drug screen.