Bindery Operator 1

CJK Group, Inc.•Pontiac, IL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Sheridan Pontiac, a CJK Company, provides high-quality printing and publishing solutions for magazines and catalogs. Our talented teams and strong capabilities transform ideas into results. With continued growth ahead, we’re looking for enthusiastic, driven individuals to join us on our journey. Apply today to join the Sheridan Team! This role involves setting up, adjusting, and operating a variety of auxiliary binding machines. These machines contain several cutting heads, control surfaces, or other attachments that can be electromechanically combined with other equipment to produce a complete bindery and finishing unit. The operator will process printed sheets into final books, catalogs, manuals, directories, magazines, or other completed products.

Requirements

Ability to exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
Ability to read and interpret written work which indicates the number and sequence of machine operations required to complete the work and maintain dimensional accuracy in accordance with instructions provided.
Familiarity with basic mathematics (i.e. decimals, metric units) to understand dimensional requirements contained in job orders and to make more complicated adjustments.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of the set-up, adjustment, procedures, capabilities, and limitations of equipment to perform the full range of standard and specialized folding, collating, and cutting of printed materials to complete a finished product.
Familiarity with different paper weights, sizes, kinds and colors so as to be able to identify paper conditions (i.e. excessive moisture or curling that frequently requires additional machine adjustment).
Ability to use the full range of standard and specialized tools and devices to adjust and maintain the functional accuracy and operating conditions of the bindery machines.
Skill in making adjustments to powered machines using hand tools (i.e. wrenches, screwdrivers, punches, knives) as well as more specialized hand tools, usually furnished by the machine manufacturer.
Knowledge of operating procedures for bindery equipment such as folders, cutters, collators, stitches, drills, binding/gluing machines.
Mechanical skills using small hand tools, and necessary safety requirements.
Skill to read and understand instructions to fulfill each individual job.

Responsibilities

Inspect equipment for safety issues.
Operate automatic adhesive binding machines (perfect binders) that contain numerous interrelated process stations that are fed collated sheets or signatures and perform functions such as vibrating, milling, roughening, gluing, covering, and delivering or stacking completed books, magazines or catalogs.
Make necessary adjustments to coordinate multiple workstations on a single machine.
Direct crew through all aspects of production.
Monitor quality, output, and productivity.
Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.