Production Specialist

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Jogs stacks of paper as needed.
• Removes samples as needed and put individual orders into boxes.
• Applies labels to boxes and tape closed.
• Operates various machinery.
• Operates business card slitter by feeding sheets of finished full size printed product through machine and cuts to finished size for customer.
• Operates a guillotine cutter to cut stacks of full-size paper into finished size for customer.
• Operates machine to shrink wrap products as necessary, making sure paper is even and shrink wrap is tight.
• Operates rotary die cut machine by mounting an aluminum plate setting up the customers job and feeding full size paper into finished unique shapes for customers.
• Operates round corner machine by configuring the correct size blade and manually pushing the blade assembly over the stack of finished size product to cut the corner round.
• Operates padding machine that applies glue to edge of a stack of note sheets.
• Operates a folding machine feeding full size sheets and folds in half or more.
• Operates a booklet machine that collates and staples into booklets.
• Operates a scoring machine that takes full size sheets and scores them.
• Operates a UV machine by feeding full size printed sheets in to machine that applies UV material and exposes to UV light to cure.
• Inspects product for quality standards (color, toning, ink spots, etc.). Rejects runs that do not meet quality standards.
• Puts packages (various products) together as needed.
• Uses hydraulic jacks to move products.
• Generates shipping labels by entering run numbers into computer.
• Uses computer to make manual labels.
• Weighs products as necessary.
• Double checks each package for proper carrier type before putting onto outgoing pallet specified for carrier type.
• Communicates with others within the shipping department as well as other departments.

QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or General Education Degree (GED), or actively pursuing high school diploma.
• Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and series of numbers.
• Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10s and 100s.
• Ability to perform these operations using units of weight measurement and distance.
• Ability to read a line gauge in inches, points and picas.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.