Gravure Imaging/Offset Plate Technician

Gravure Imaging And Offset Plate Tech

Quad is hiring for a Gravure Imaging and Offset Plate Tech for our Martinsburg, WV and Winchester, VA location. Requires travel to both plants (home plant will be Martinsburg, WV).

The Offset plate / Gravure Cylinder Manufacturer is responsible for bending Web Offset printing plates for all presses in a specific location, helping with daily and weekly processor maintenance. Processing gravure cylinders, general maintenance and cleanup of the production areas.

Key Responsibilities But Not Limited To

• Load and unload platemaking materials to and from equipment to bend all size plates for press

• Maintain platemaking equipment (including but not limited to daily and weekly processor maintenance, loading or trouble shooting errors)

• Check plates / Cylinders for Quality

• Track or move job components through production using Smart tools

• Cylinder stripping, electro-plating, engraving

• Load & unload, store and retrieve gravure cylinders using automated Work in Progress (W.I.P.) & Long Term Storage (LTS) systems and overhead cranes following appropriate work instructions

• Misc production duties, including cleaning and inspecting cylinders

• General cleanup of the area (6's)

Experience:

• Previous manufacturing experience would help but not required

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Basic working knowledge of computer systems used in Plate room (Windows OS)

• Basic Mechanical skills

• Flexible work schedules necessary to meet the production needs shifts and locations may vary.

• Knowledge of press layout configurations for example Saddle Stitch, Perfect Binding, Gatefolds, half and webs would help but not required.

• Ability to read, comprehend and write instructions, correspondence and present information when necessary