Bindery Operator 2 (Machine Assistant) 1st Shift

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 worldwide business process consulting, with services designed to lower environmental 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. May operate automatic adhesive binding machines (perfect binders) that contain numerous interrelated process stations 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 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 job specifications containing bindery requirements, including the number and sequence of machine operations required to complete the work while maintaining dimensional accuracy.
• Independently decide 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.
• Operate complex bindery machines (e.g., fully automatic binding machines, multiple station collators, and folding units) to perform standard and specialized folds, collations, and cuts of printed materials.
• Set up and adjust machines for finishing operations, refining adjustments for paper stock weight, color, machinability, and quality to prevent machining impressions on printed materials.

Requirements

• General knowledge of complex bindery machines and their setup, operating requirements, procedures, capabilities, and limitations.
• Thorough knowledge of the quality and machining requirements of various coated and uncoated types of paper stock.
• Skill in setting up and adjusting machines for finishing operations.

Pay

The pay range for this role is $17.50 to $19.00 per hour. The actual rate of pay may vary based on education, skills, experience, proficiency, performance, shift, and location.

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

Schedule

6:00 AM to 2:00 PM