Bindery Operator 2

PCA/RRD is located just off the light rail in Timonium, MD. RRD is a 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 worldwide 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 expertise, execution, and scale to transform customer touchpoints into meaningful moments of impact.

About the role

Set up, adjust, and operate a variety of auxiliary binding machines containing several cutting heads, control surfaces, or other attachments (e.g., 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
• Operate automatic adhesive binding machines (perfect binders) that contain numerous interrelated process stations that are fed collated sheets or signatures and perform functions such 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 through all aspects of production
• Monitor quality, output, and productivity

Responsibilities

• Read and interpret written work orders or other job specifications containing bindery requirements, including the number and sequence of machine operations required to complete the work while maintaining dimensional accuracy
• Independently make decisions on the type of equipment to be used
• Calculate distances, clearances, and fits in combining machines
• Use the full range of standard and specialized tools and devices to adjust and maintain the functional accuracy and operating conditions of bindery machines
• Set up, operate, and maintain complex bindery machines (e.g., fully automatic binding machines, multiple station collators, and folding units) to perform standard and specialized folds, collating, and cutting of printed materials
• Adjust machines for finishing operations based on the weight, color, machinability, and quality of paper stock to prevent machining impressions on printed materials

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret written work orders or job specifications
• Skill in calculating distances, clearances, and fits in combining machines
• General knowledge of complex bindery machines (e.g., fully automatic binding machines, multiple station collators, folding units)
• Thorough knowledge of set up, operating requirements, procedures, capabilities, and limitations of bindery machines
• Knowledge of quality and machining requirements for various coated and uncoated paper stocks
• Skill in setting up and adjusting machines for finishing operations

Pay

The pay range for this role at the noted location is $19.01 - $27.18 per hour. The actual rate of pay offered may vary based on education, skills, experience, proficiency, performance, shift, and location. In addition to base salary, the total compensation package may include overtime, shift differential, call-in, and stand-by pay.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off
• Disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Life insurance and other voluntary supplemental insurance coverages
• Tuition assistance
• Maternity leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employer/partner discounts