Folder Gluer Operator

Quad•Franklin, WI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Every day, millions of people see the products we produce—from retail packaging and magazines to catalogs, direct mail and marketing materials. Behind every product is a team of skilled people who take pride in quality, innovation and working together. At Quad, you'll find more than a job. You'll find opportunities to learn new skills, work with cutting-edge technology, and build a long-term career with a company that invests in its people. If you enjoy seeing products come together from start to finish, Franklin is the place for you. This modern packaging facility produces folding cartons and blister cards using advanced printing and finishing equipment. Employees work in a collaborative environment where quality, safety and teamwork are part of every shift, with opportunities to expand their skills while helping create packaging found on store shelves across the country. Quad Packaging is seeking Folder/Gluer Operators for our Franklin, WI location. We have an opening on the second shift. This is your opportunity to enhance your skills working with the industry’s most advanced Packaging equipment. At Quad, we value your experience and offer a competitive starting wage, with the potential for up to $25 or more for those with folder/gluer experience. We may also provide paid relocation for highly qualified candidates living over 100 miles from our plant.

Requirements

Previous Bobst Expertfold 110, Domino 110, Mistral 110, Masterfold 15 or Domino 90 Folder/Gluer experience preferred (other makes and models will be considered).
Able to perform work-related functions requiring the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
Read, speak, and understand the English language sufficient to interpret instructions, job orders, production sheets, and work-related documents.
Able to communicate problems and malfunctions to co-workers and lead/management.
Familiar with production and processing. Understands inputs, outputs, raw materials, waste, quality control, costs, and techniques for maximizing the manufacture and distribution of goods. Able to analyze needs and production requirements.
Troubleshooting experience and skill sufficient to analyze the process, determine what is causing an operating error and/or identify what must be changed, and generate some possible solutions and/or use logic and analysis to decide what to do about it.
Candidates MUST be on time and reliable.
Must be able to lift 10-15 pounds continuously, up to 50 pounds occasionally throughout the shift.

Responsibilities

Performs make-ready functions.
Activate process; monitor production and adjust machine during production run as required.
Synchronize the speed of the machine to maximize the crew's output.
Perform and/or arrange for preventative maintenance according to schedule.
Record router information and information for daily production sheets such as time spent on specific tasks, number of items produced, etc.
Operators frequently operate and oversee the operation of more than one feeder/gluer operation at one time.
Occasionally train workers on the Folding and Gluing Machine operations and the feeding and take-off functions.
Cross-train as assigned.