Part-Time Manufacturing

Company: Quad
Location: Lannon
Posted on: April 23, 2024

Job Description:

We are currently seeking PART-TIME Press Assistants to grow with us! A Press Assistant position includes the opportunity to learn the printing process from the ground up and advance in a progressive environment. In this position you will assist in the creation of various well know magazines/catalogs/newspaper inserts and other related products in our Press area. -


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Essential Duties & Responsibilities

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• Remove product from the end of the printing press.
  
• Work with loose and/or completed product by stacking onto pallets, transferring to tables & placing into a collator hopper or into mail bags.
  
• Move product/skids with a hand jack, motorized Raymond (Big Joe) lift or Forklift (training provided).
  
• Servicing of press and finishing machines to move product throughout the plant.
  
• Maintain accurate inventory of product with the use of an on-board PC and RF bar coding system.
  
• Loading and unloading of finished product and materials from semi-trailers and auto-wrapper using a forklift.
  
• Comply with all quality, safety and work rules and regulations.
  
• Effectively communicate with team members.
  
• Assist other crew members with various duties including webbing up of the press and/or special handwork in order to meet customer requests.
  
• Follow all clean-up and housekeeping procedures.
  
  
  Qualifications
  
  
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  The successful candidate will have or be able to do the following:
  
  
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  • Must be at least 18-years of age or older.
    
  • Factory, Manufacturing or other work experience where mechanical or handwork was necessary is preferred, such as laborer, machinist, assembly, bindery, mechanic, warehouse, etc.
    
  • Printing, Finishing (Bindery) or Warehouse experience is preferred.
    
  • Ability to troubleshoot and solve problems.
    
  • Strong mechanical aptitude.
    
  • Ability to write and read measurements.
    
  • Ability to read, understand and follow both written and verbal instructions.
    
  • The ability to use a computer.
    
  • The ability to use repetitive hand/wrist movement.
    
  • Ability to lift stacks of end boards or banding strap rolls (-30 -60lbs) as needed.
    
  • Ability to adjust stacker using a touch screen.
    
  • Ability to use a vibrating jogging table.
    
  • The ability to take stacks of loose signatures or bundles ranging (5-30 lbs.) off a pallet or conveyor up to 48" in height and transfer to tabletop work surface 42", and then place into a collator hopper or mail bags that potentially weigh from 5-75 lbs.
    
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritize job need.
    
  • Ability to be a team player in a fast paced, detail orientated production environment.
    
  • Ability to follow instructions and work independently.
    
    
    Additional Shift Information
    
    
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    • We are looking for someone who is able to work a part-time fixed schedule. This entails 2 consistent 12-hour days a week which will be determined by you and the hiring manager.
      
    • Must be able to stand for your full 12-hour shift. -
      

Keywords: Quad, Schaumburg , Part-Time Manufacturing, Other , Lannon, Illinois