Bindery Assistant

RR Donnelley•Buffalo Grove, IL

5d•$17 - $21•Onsite

About The Position

RRD is a leading global provider of marketing, packaging, print, and supply chain solutions. This role involves assisting Bindery Operators by setting up and maintaining major or complex binding equipment. The position requires interpreting job orders, planning operations, setting up and adjusting equipment, monitoring operations to ensure tolerances are maintained, and performing daily maintenance duties such as cleaning and lubricating machinery.

Requirements

Under the direction of the operator, apply working knowledge assist in the set-up of more complicated binding machinery
Ability to make machine adjustments for differences in paper size or thickness, hole or margin distances, paper folds or other work requirements or material characteristics
Knowledge of basic arithmetic and fractions
Ability to apply such knowledge while accurately locating materials on machine surfaces
Skill in using hand tools (i.e. rulers, screwdrivers, wrenches) to make machine adjustments
Ability to set up, arrange, and hand collate as well as to fan, jog and stack various sizes of paper neatly
General knowledge to set up and maintain a variety of single function, hand and foot automated bindery machines, such as staplers, punches, drills and binding-glue devices

Nice To Haves

Navy MOS: LI:Lithographer
Marine MOS: 4615:Combat Lithographer
Army MOS: 83F:Printing and Bindery Specialist

Responsibilities

Assist Bindery Operators by setting up and maintaining major or complex binding equipment (i.e. ink jet and mailing devices, power folders and power collators, power cutters, speed binder, in-line cover-inserter with four-knife trimmer)
Interprets job orders for this equipment, plans necessary operations, and sets up and adjusts equipment
Monitor equipment during operations to ensure tolerances are being maintained
Make adjustments as necessary
Perform daily maintenance duties such as cleaning machinery to remove paper dust and lint, check pumps and other operating parts for proper lubrication, and lubricate equipment as needed