Bindery Operator

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
• 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 to determine the number and sequence of machine operations required to complete the work and maintain 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 the bindery machines

Requirements

• General knowledge of complex bindery machines (e.g., fully automatic binding machines (perfect binders), multiple station collators, and multiple folding units, either individually or combined) to perform standard and specialized folds of printed materials
• Thorough knowledge of the set up, operating requirements, procedures, capabilities, and limitations of bindery machines to perform standard and specialized folding, collating, and cutting of printed materials
• 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, refining adjustments for paper stock weight, color, machinability, and quality to prevent machining impressions on printed materials

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
• Employer/partner discounts

Pay

The pay range for this role is $60,300 annually. The actual rate of pay may vary based on education, skills, experience, proficiency, performance, shift, and location. The total compensation package may also include a sign-on bonus, overtime, shift differential, call-in, and stand-by pay.