Position: Die Cutting Operative
Area: Kent
Salary: £30k - £35k (Overtime available)
The Company: Packaging Company
Hours: Monday to Friday (Double day shifts)
The Role:
- To set up, maintain and run the Die Cutting Machines for the duration of each production run.
- To support the smooth and effective operation of the company in delivering high quality products to its customers.
- Inspect and examine printed products for accuracy, conformance to specifications, and external defects.
- Reposition printing plates, adjust pressure rolls, or otherwise adjust machines to improve quality, using knobs, hand wheels, or hand tools.
- Set and adjust speed, temperature, and positions and pressure tolerances of equipment.
- Examine job orders to determine details such as quantities to be printed, production times, stock specifications, and anilox BCM.
- Select and install printing plates, rollers, feed guides, gauges, screens, stencils, dies, and cylinders in machines according to specifications, using hand tools.
- Monitor feeding, printing, and racking processes of presses to maintain specified operating levels and to detect malfunctions, making adjustments as necessary.
- Load, position, and adjust unprinted materials on holding fixtures or in equipment loading and feeding mechanisms.
- Clean and lubricate printing machines and components, using oil, solvents, brushes, rags, and hoses.
- Measure screens and use measurements to centre and align screens in proper positions and sequences on machines, using gauges and hand tools.
- Monitor and control operation of auxiliary equipment to assemble and finish products.
- Pack and label cartons, boxes, or bins of finished products.
Requirements:
- BOBST 102/E/CE Cutting & Creasing Operator
- Minimum 5 years' die cutting experience
- Must have Quicklock experience
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) is preferred
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to multitask
- Strong interpersonal, motivational and communication skills
- Strong mechanical aptitude/skills
- The role is physically demanding with a high proportion of lifting and bending.
- Ability to understand complex technical instructions, both verbal and written.
- Good understanding of quality standards
- Ability to work with minimal supervision, meet deadlines and handle a wide variety of
- responsibilities
- Completes compulsory training in approved timescales
- Demonstrates satisfactory working relationships and shows respect for colleagues
- Maintains an acceptable work rate and completes duties in a timely way
- Works additional hours, if required, in order to discharge the company's obligations to its
- customers
- Attends team briefings and training as required
- Good attendance and timekeeping