Material Handler 2 - Press

RR Donnelley & Sons; Lancaster (OH); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

RR Donnelley & Sons is seeking a material handler for our Lancaster, OH pressroom and warehouse operations. You will remove and stack printed signatures, review for defects, palletize products, and move materials with hand trucks and banding tools.

You’ll contribute to make-ready tasks and maintain daily production counts. The role requires safe lifting, basic warehouse knowledge, and the ability to operate manual equipment; forklift/hoist use may be required.

Qualifications

• Move, stock, jog, and rotate items on/off printing press equipment.
• Accurately count, weigh, and record units moved daily.
• Perform in-process quality checks for print defects such as blemishes or scratches.
• Operate manual dollies, hand trucks, and banding equipment.
• May operate forklifts or hoists to load/move materials as needed.

Responsibilities

• Remove, flex, jog, and stack printed sheets, signatures, or other in-process product from discharge unit of printing press or coating equipment.
• Review signatures for smearing, register issues, or bad folds and notify Pressroom.
• Remove folded signatures from web press and palletize for removal to warehouse or binding areas.
• Assist press crew with make-ready tasks and circulating plates as needed.
• Convey materials to designated areas and keep accurate production counts.

Skills

Material handling

Warehouse operations

Quality checks

Heavy lifting

Forklift operation

Tools

Pallet jack

Banding machine

Industrial hoist

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

• Remove, flex, jog, and stack printed sheets, folded signatures, labels or other in-process product from discharge unit of printing press or adhesive coating equipment
• Review signatures for smearing, register issues, bad folds, etc. and notify the Pressroom
• Remove folded signatures from web press and place signatures on pallet or skid for removal to warehouse or binding areas
• May adjust stacking mechanism on press according to paper dimensions. Loads and unloads materials onto or from pallets, carts and trays
• Conveys materials from storage or work sites to designated area, using hand truck, electric dolly, or other device
• Counts, weighs, and records number of units of materials moved or handled on daily production sheet
• Attaches identifying tags or labels to materials or marks information on cases, bales, or other containers
• Stacks or assembles materials into bundles and bands bundles together, using banding machine and clincher
• May use automated equipment and/or operate industrial truck or electric hoist to assist in loading or moving materials and products
• May assist Press Crew with make-ready of the equipment such as retrieving plates, hanging plates, recycling/storing plates etc.
• May perform in process quality checks of printed materials looking for blemishes, scratches or other print defects

Qualifications

• Able to stock, move, jog, arrange, unload, count and rotate items on/off printing press equipment in accordance with operating instructions or under guidance of a press operator or supervisor
• May require knowledge of operation of automatic counters and tabulate counts for jobs
• Able to complete appropriate forms relating to stock description, quantity, unit of issue, and the labeling requirements for incoming and outgoing materials
• Good knowledge of general warehouse layout, item identification codes, basic warehouse procedures, and the storage areas in order to be able to place or pull paper stock, signatures and materials in accordance with standard procedures
• Good skill in the use of manual dollies, carts or hand trucks and hand tools used in material handling tasks such as hammers, pliers, strapping and stretch wrapping tools and equipment, tape fasteners, metal band sheers and related equipment

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

RRD is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans

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