Stitcher & Bindery Lead - 1st/3rd Shift, Printing Production

RRD Company; West Bend, Northern (WI, KY); Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

RRD Company in Wisconsin is seeking a Printing and Bindery Specialist (Army MOS: 83F) for 1st or 3rd shift. The role sets up, operates, and maintains binding equipment, inspects safety, and ensures quality, with overtime on Fridays.

Compensation ranges from $22.00 to $32.78 per hour, with a $2 per hour third shift premium. The position includes benefits and opportunities to contribute to production and efficiency in a large print and packaging operation.

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of the set up, adjustment, procedures, capabilities and limitations of equipment to perform the full range of standard and specialized binding, folding, collating, and cutting of printed materials to complete a finished product
• Comprehensive knowledge of machinability of different paper weights, sizes, kinds and colors so as to be able to identify paper conditions (i.e. excessive moisture or curling that frequently requires additional machine adjustment)
• Ability to use the full range of standard and specialized tools and devices to adjust and maintain the functional accuracy and operating conditions of the bindery machines
• Skill in making difficult adjustments to powered machines using hand tools (i.e. wrenches, screwdrivers, punches, knives) as well as more specialized hand tools, usually furnished by the machine manufacturer
• Skill in operating complicated bindery equipment such as folders, cutters, collators, stitchers, drills, binding/gluing machines
• Ability to read and interpret written work which indicates the number and sequence of machine operations required to complete the work and maintain dimensional accuracy in accordance with instructions provided

Responsibilities

• Set up, adjust and operate a variety of auxiliary binding machines
• 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

Skills

Printing and Bindery

Shift supervision

Equipment inspection

Quality monitoring

Tools

Bindery machines

Hand tools

Job description

RRD Company in Wisconsin is seeking a Printing and Bindery Specialist (Army MOS: 83F) for 1st or 3rd shift. The role sets up, operates, and maintains binding equipment, inspects safety, and ensures quality, with overtime on Fridays.

Compensation ranges from $22.00 to $32.78 per hour, with a $2 per hour third shift premium. The position includes benefits and opportunities to contribute to production and efficiency in a large print and packaging operation.