Bindery - Bindery Operator 2

Lakeside Book Company•Crawfordsville, IN

1d•$24 - $30•Onsite

About The Position

As our Lead Bindery Operator, you will set up, adjust, and operate a variety of auxiliary binding machines. This includes machines with multiple cutting heads, control surfaces, or attachments such as inkjet and mailing devices, case making & decorating equipment, folders, cutters, collators, stitchers, drills, and binding/gluing machines. You will also set up automatic bindery machines with multiple functions and station capabilities, like power paper cutters, power collators and gatherers, power folders, and power speed binders. These machines can be electromechanically combined to produce finished books, catalogs, manuals, directories, magazines, or other completed products. You will inspect equipment for safety issues and may operate automatic adhesive binding machines (perfect binders) that perform functions like vibrating, milling, gluing, covering, and delivering completed books. You will make adjustments to coordinate multiple work stations on a single machine and direct the crew through all aspects of production, monitoring quality, output, and productivity.

Requirements

Thorough knowledge of the setup, adjustment, procedures, capabilities and limitations of equipment to perform the full range of standard and specialized binding, folding, collating, and cutting of printed materials to complete a finished product
Comprehensive knowledge of machinability of 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)
Thorough knowledge of limitations and capabilities of all machines used to accomplish unusual set ups or machine combinations to produce unique or one of a kind printed materials
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 difficult 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
Skill in operating complicated bindery equipment such as folders, cutters, collators, stitchers, drills, binding/gluing machines
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

Nice To Haves

Agree to participate in cross-training, including achieving qualified status within the position and assuming responsibility as a backup for lateral and progressive roles, as needed.

Responsibilities

Set up, adjust and operate a variety of auxiliary binding machines containing several cutting heads, control surfaces or other attachments (i.e. inkjet and mailing devices, case making & decorating equipment, folders, cutters, collators, stitchers, drills, binding/gluing machines and/or set up automatic bindery machines containing multiple functions and station capabilities (power paper cutters, power collators and gatherers, power folders, power speed binder) which can be electromechanically combined with other equipment and devices to produce a complete bindery and finishing unit that processes printed sheets into final books, catalogs, manuals, directories, magazines or other completed products
Inspect equipment for safety issues
May operate automatic adhesive binding machines (perfect binders) that contain numerous interrelated process stations that are fed collated sheets or signatures and perform such functions as vibrating, milling, roughening, gluing, covering and delivering or stacking completed books, magazines or catalogs
Make needed adjustments to coordinate the multiple work stations on a single machine
Direct crew though all aspects of production. Monitor quality, output and productivity