Printer United Kingdom
Job description
WALSTEAD ROCHE, The UK’s leading web offset printers has the following vacancy for their site based in Cornwall:
Web Printer
Experience on Lithoman 72pp or Komori 16pp preferred, but not essential
Potential retraining opportunity for sheetfed printers
All print experience considered
Salary options:
· No 1 Printer – Days £35,300 base - £40,000+ inc overtime
· No 1 Printer – Nights £39,600 base - £45,000+ inc overtime
· No 2 Printer – Days £29,800 base - £35,000+ inc overtime
· No 2 Printer – Nights £32,500 base - £37,000+ inc overtime
Overtime opportunities – double time on weekends
7 weeks holiday
For any out of county candidates, a RELOCATION PACKAGE can be discussed at interview stage
Average 39 hours per week
12 hours shifts – 06.00am-18.00pm OR 18.00pm-06.00am with a 1 hour paid break
Predominantly working 3 shifts a week, with 13 extra shifts to be worked throughout the year
Benefits:
· Excellent work/time-off balance: Average of 3.5 days off each week. 4 days off one week, 3 days off the following week.
· 7 weeks holiday
· Overtime earning opportunities every week.
· Double time overtime on specific weekend shifts.
· Paid break
· Fully funded ongoing training courses
· Progression opportunities
· Free on-site parking
· Electric car subscription scheme
· Company sick pay scheme
The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the running of the web press and crew to produce products to the required ISO quality standards and the time-sensitive production schedule. Highest standards of health and safety are required.
Specific responsibilities, including (but not limited to):
· Operate, set, adjust and maintain the designated printing press as necessary to achieve optimum performance and output to meet the daily/nightly production schedule and performance matrix.
· Ensure that Company Health, Safety & Environment safe working procedures are enforced and adhered to by the complete crew. Printer positions are senior and expected to lead by example.
· Follow job bag instructions, ensuring all crew members understand their function.
· Set up the press to produce job in line with job bag instructions.
· Allocate tasks to crew members and ensure all crew members remain on the press and do not leave allocated tasks without prior permission.
· Keep work area tidy and machinery in good order, reporting maintenance problems to factory manufacturing manager / shift manager in line with quality system
· Follow all quality procedures including checklist and ensuring time stamps are taken at correct intervals
· Ensure all work is correctly labelled and quarantined procedures are adhered to.
· Communicate all additional work over and above that detailed on job bag to shift manager to ensure additional charges are sought where applicable.
· Complete Printer maintenance tasks with particular focus on print roller maintenance, including cleaning of rollers and changing them as appropriate.
· Ensure that lithographic printing conditions are maintained to the correct standards.
· Carry out scheduled maintenance as required, undertake general cleaning of the press and associated areas with a crew.
· Ensure that the press is maintained, identify repair work, fault find and carry out essential repairs with no or minimal downtime. Liaise and work with maintenance departments on major repairs to ensure no or minimal downtime.
· To supply the binders with quality sections in a well-presented manner, which optimises the onward transmission process, lorry loading and / or next finishing process.
· Manage your press crew, giving clear instructions and directives to ensure all members work collectively and efficiently. Communicate and enforce Company rules, regulations and procedures.
· Ensure all paperwork pertaining to quality standards are correctly filled in, adhering to all company, department or process control procedures.
· Ensure the complete press crew remains fully and constructively utilised during any and all downtime periods. Optimise the timings of the crews breaks to ensure no lost production.
· Ensure the complete crew throughout the press and surrounding areas maintains a high standard of housekeeping. Ensure personnel adhere to the Company housekeeping policy.
· Responsibility to help identify personnel training and development needs such to ensure the optimisation of the press output and department efficiency.
· Responsibility to help identify under-performance or unsatisfactory behaviour of staff to management and assist in gaining improvements.
· Liaise with management to maintain production schedules.
· Highlight any potential failings that could jeopardise the production schedule or cause late delivery to management.
· Must be prepared to carry out other duties or request from a manager within training and capabilities to ensure the smooth running of the department
Strong numeracy and literacy skills are essential. Applicants will also need to demonstrate the necessary flexibility, enthusiasm and drive to work within a busy department.
The Company’s Information Notice can be found on the Company website. This notice sets out how your personal data will be processed and retained.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: Up to £45,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
Ability to commute/relocate:
- St. Austell: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
