Plate Mounter - 1st shift

ProAmpac; Buffalo, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Paid parental leave

Life Insurance

Generous 401k company match

Paid vacation

11 paid holidays

Safety shoe allotment

Employee referral program

Employee Assistance Fund

Job summary

ProAmpac is seeking a Plate Technician on 1st shift to mount plates on printing cylinders by color, ensuring correct register and quality. This temp-to-direct hire role runs Monday through Friday with early morning hours, and offers a full benefits package.

Responsibilities include reading work orders, mounting plates, coordinating with the Shift Supervisor, troubleshooting downtime, and maintaining safety and cleanliness in the work area.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Some experience making plates is desirable.
• Excellent communication, organizational and multitasking skills.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules and manuals, and speak effectively.
• Basic math: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Responsibilities

• Mount plates on cylinders by color and ensure correct lock-in per work orders.
• Read job orders, collect cylinders, align plates, and verify quality.
• Discuss production schedule with Shift Supervisor.
• Troubleshoot to prevent press downtime and complete paperwork.
• Maintain a clean, safe, food-safety compliant work area.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Multitasking

Problem solving

Education

High School diploma

Job description

Description

We are hiring! We are in need of a Plate Technician on 1 st shift. Hours are Monday – Friday 630AM to 245PM. This is a Temp to Direct hire position. The Plate Mounter Technician is responsible for accurately mounting plates onto printing cylinders or sleeves so that the colors, as designated by the individual work order, go into the correct register for the presses.

Rate: $19 / hour.

Hours: Monday - Friday 645AM to 2:45PM

ProAmpac offers a full benefits package!

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Paid parental leave
• Life Insurance
• Generous 401k company match!
• Paid vacation
• 11 paid holidays
• Safety shoe allotment
• Generous employee referral program
• ProAmpac’s Employee Assistance Fund, and much, much more.

Job Responsibilities

• Obtain and read job work orders.
• Collect cylinders for each job and strip sticky back, mount print plates on cylinders by color, and ensure all cylinders are correctly mounted and locked in place by interpreting and following quality and safety instructions, comparing different items, and coordinating activities.
• Solve problems and correct errors by detecting details, analyzing information, measuring and making calculations, reading manuals and instructions, researching problems, and using judgment.
• Discuss the production schedule with Shift Supervisor.
• Troubleshoot problems to prevent press downtime.
• Complete paperwork and check for paper-proof errors to ensure high quality by following work order instructions.
• Keep the work area clean and stocked.
• Maintain work area per food safety requirements.
• Perform special projects as assigned.

Job requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent education.
• Some experience making plates is desirable.
• Excellent communication, organizational and multi-tasking skills to work effectively with Mounting Department personnel.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules and procedure manuals, write reports and correspondence, and speak effectively before groups of customers or fellow employees.
• Ability to do basic math: add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to understand and carry out detailed written or oral instructions and handle problems involving a few variables in standardized situations.
• Some knowledge of flexographic packaging is preferred to ensure printing plates are correctly mounted to prevent press downtime.
• Must be willing and able to work overtime when required.

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