NEW VACANCY! (PK8237)
UV FLEXO PRINTER
COMMUTABLE FROM CAMBRIDGESHIRE / SOUTH LINCS / RUTLAND / NORTHANTS / NORTH BEDS
£Open depending on Experience.
Hours: 3 rotating shifts, 5 days a week (6am - 2pm / 2pm - 10pm / 10pm - 6am) Monday to Friday (days) and Sunday to Thursday (nights)
Our client has an exciting opportunity for a UV Flexographic Printer to join their production team at their UK facility. Reporting to the Plant Manager the successful candidate will need to have a continuous improvement mindset and a focus on health & safety.
The Flexo Printer is responsible for supporting goals of the plant in efficient operation of a flexographic press, printing to specification ensuring consistent quality. This is a technical and skilled position requiring strong mechanical aptitude and previous UV Flexographic press experience on either wide web or narrow web presses. Candidates should have solid print environment experience, strong maths skills, good attendance, and a desire to grow and learn with a label career focus.
The following skills and experience are ideally required:
- Follow all standard safety guidelines.
- Set up/adjust flexo press for job runs to meet specifications.
- Mix and match colours to PMS book.
- Must have working knowledge of ink management for water base and UV inks.
- Monitor product and computerised equipment for quality during job runs.
- Check precision of detail against specifications.
- Take action to correct any problems.
- Print jobs maintaining optimum production rate, colour density, registration, and quality standard within company and customer guidelines.
- Interface with production software to record job status, material, and labour information.
- Comply with all company procedures, safety, and quality guidelines.
- Ensure proper cleanliness of press, work station, and immediate press area by following good housekeeping practice.
Requirements:
- Exhibit safety-first attitude from proper PPE compliance to maintaining an environmentally safe and hazard-free work environment.
- Compliance with all workplace and product safety standards required.
- 2 years' experience on a flexographic print press.
- Ability to perform in a fast-paced team environment and adapt to change.
- Basic computer skills.
- Demonstrate problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Positive attitude and quality conscious.
- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
- Responsible for working required overtime.