Finishing Operator

About the role

A Finishing Operator sets up and operates commercial label inspector machines, performs visual quality control, and slits continuous lengths of printed material into strips of specified width.

Responsibilities

• Receives job assignments from Press Supervisor or Team Lead; reads job specifications and selects correct dies, cores, and rewind method for each job.
• Reviews job jacket to ensure all finishing, packaging, and shipping specifications are addressed.
• Inspects products to ensure quality integrity and packages products.
• Observes flow of material through machine to detect irregular cutting and winding.
• Ensures quality of work to include color, size, die cut, perforations, print, and quantity of packaged items being shipped.
• Assists in cutting, collating, wrapping, and packaging of converting jobs.
• Performs preventative maintenance on machines.
• Removes or replaces blades on inspection machines.
• Completes paperwork for each job and packages finished goods for shipment to customer.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• One year of experience in a manufacturing environment; printing or packaging industry experience preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to read and interpret ruler, scales, and other measurement devices.

Skills

• Regularly required to stand and frequently required to walk.
• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds with or without mechanical assistance.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.