Experienced Plate Mounting Technician 2nd Shift

Company: ProAmpac
Location: Hartford
Posted on: September 3, 2024

Job Description:

Seeking Experienced Plate Mounting Technician to Join the ProAmpac Printing Team - $2000 Hiring Bonus A Place to Build Your Future and be Part of a Fast Paced, Safety Oriented, Growing and Stable Industry! ProAmpac is one of the leading global flexible packaging companies. We are ACTIVELY HIRING a Plate Mounting Technician at our Hartford, WI. facility! If you want to be part of a team and help produce items essential to everyday life, this is the position for you! Our pay and benefits are competitive and we have a great bonus structure & wellness program. This is a fantastic opportunity to leverage your printing and/or mounting, experience and learn valuable niche skills that are in high demand, plus earn great pay and outstanding benefits! Who we are looking for:

• A reliable, detail focused & dedicated individual with a background in manufacturing. Previous plate mounting or flexographic printing press experience. Why ProAmpac:
  • Unique Niche Market and Company
    • Leading global flexible packaging company producing essential items in a growing industry!
    • Core Values: Integrity Intensity Innovation Involvement Impact
    • The safety and health of our team is our top priority
    • Collaborative and encouraging work environment
      • Involved team-oriented training that sets you up for success
      • Recognition & bonuses for being a valued and reliable team member
      • Employee appreciation events throughout the year to celebrate our team
      • Advancement Opportunities:
        • A place to build your future and be part of a fast paced, growing, and stable industry
        • Outstanding Benefits (Full-time employees):
          • Production bonuses
          • Competitive wages, shift premiums, promotions from within
          • 11 paid holidays
          • 80 Hours of Paid Time Off Plus 16 hours of Paid Personal Time
          • Full Benefits including Medical Dental Vision Disability Insurance
          • 401k Match (45% Match up to 8% of wages)
          • Clean and climate-controlled environment Hours:
            • 2nd Shift 2pm-12am Monday - Thursday Mandatory OT on Fridays at Supervisor Discretion Wage:
              • Starting wage: $19-$21/hour based on experience Major Function:
                • To correctly prepare the printing plates for the jobs to be ran on the presses. Primary Duties:
                  • Cleaning, organizing, and maintaining work areas.
                  • Correctly laying out the job, mounting the plates and making sure the eye mark is in the proper location.
                  • Ensures that mounted plates are covered with paper.
                  • Must be able to read the schedule and anticipate press changeover timing.
                  • Identify mounting priorities of jobs on the schedule.
                  • Cleaning, organizing, and maintaining all printing sleeves and sleeve inventory.
                  • Cleaning and maintaining mounting machines.
                  • Cleaning plates, demounting plates, checking plate condition, and refiling plate jackets.
                  • Understands sleeve selection, sticky back selection and gear selection.
                  • Mounting and demounting build up sleeves.
                  • Remounting plates, moving plates in the press and changing the eye mark locations when necessary.
                  • Communicate with the mounter from the previous shift.
                  • Reorder plates as needed.
                  • Adhere to safety policies and procedures and all ProAmpac Hartford, policies and procedures as included in the employee handbook to ensure safety for self and fellow employees and to ensure behavior is appropriate in the workplace.
                  • Perform job duties accurately so that other personnel and departments and ultimately customers receive correct information and/or product.
                  • Maintain a customer focused perspective in all activities initiated to ensure that customer needs are successfully met.
                  • Work effectively with neighboring plant departments in a team environment to develop multi-functional solutions.
                  • Maintain good house-keeping practices throughout the areas.
                  • Follow all applicable instructions relative to food safety and the SQF Food Safety Management System, including Employee GMP's.
                  • Report food safety problems to personnel with the authority to initiate actions.
                  • Whatever else is deemed necessary to improve the efficiency and enhance the pre-press department. Requirements:
                    • Work independently and as part of a team, effectively communicate, get along with others, positive attitude and well organized
                    • High School Diploma or equivalent.
                    • Previous printing press or plate mounting experience desired
                    • PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
                      • Climbing Stairs, Bending, Twisting, Reaching, Pushing, Pulling and Squatting. Walking or standing on concrete floors for most of shift. Lifting is minimal, occasionally up to 70 lbs. Exposure to inks coatings, and solvents. Good and reliable attendance. The above reflects the duties considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the position and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all work that may be assigned or that may be inherent in the position. Does this sound like you? We want to hear from you!
                        • New to ProAmpac: Apply at (search: Hartford, WI).
                        • If you are an existing employee: log into your UKG account, click "my company" and "view opportunities." Search by specific location and apply. Please note that this is not accessible on the mobile version of UKG. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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