Printing Prep Technician

CANPACK•Olyphant, PA

8h•Onsite

About The Position

This position will be responsible for gathering all printing materials required to set up a job/label to run on the decorator. The role involves making and updating the color atlas, color modification, preparation and control of paint compliance with recipes, and electronic assembly of printing forms' images. The technician will select and install printing plates, rollers, screens, and cylinders, and review work orders to determine ink, stock, and equipment needed for production. This role requires cooperation with Production and Quality departments, application for approval of graphic designs, identification and suspension of faulty printing plates and defective paint, and reporting on the absence or damage of lithographic production patterns. The technician will also operate machines and equipment for processing printing forms and mixing paints, and perform duties related to the Integrated Quality Management Systems and WCM system. Compliance with DPG regulations, health and safety, and fire protection regulations is essential.

Requirements

Eye to detail
Good color vision/ perception (primary and derivative colors, color tones)
Ability to work to specifications
Team player
Basic graphic knowledge
Basic mechanic knowledge
General operation and maintenance skills
Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - per safety guidelines
Mobility to cover expansive manufacturing environment

Responsibilities

Making and updating the color atlas.
Color modification (approval of lithography during printing).
Preparation and control of paint compliance with recipes.
Electronic assembly of printing forms' images, execution of printing forms, control.
Select and install printing plates, rollers, screens and cylinders in machine according to specification.
Review work order to determine ink, stock and equipment needed for production.
Reporting errors in the project and comments to the graphics coordinator regarding graphic designs.
Cooperation with Production and Quality department (Decorator Operator, Shift Master, Quality Controller).
Application for approval or non-approval of using graphic design for production (compliance with project).
Identification and suspension of a faulty pool of printing plates.
Identification and suspension of defective paint.
Application for suspension of printing materials, printing forms and lithography patterns due to EAN code mismatch.
Keep daily time and material usage reports and records identifying information printed on manufactured products and parts.
Compliance with DPG regulations and procedures.
Taking care of entrusted machines, devices, measuring and computer equipment as well as other at the workplace.
Repair and maintain mechanical equipment – servicing, repairing, adjusting and testing machines, devices, moving parts and equipment that operate primarily on a mechanical basis.
Issuing and receiving print materials, printing forms, lithography patterns based on the queue of orders in SAP.
Reporting on the absence or damage of lithographic production patterns.
Checking the compliance of the EAN code on the printed form with the information in SAP.
Operation of machines and equipment for processing printing forms and mixing paints.
Issuing and receiving printing materials, printing forms and lithography patterns according to the order queue in SAP.
Performing entrusted duties resulting from the Integrated Quality Management Systems functioning in the company.
Performing other work and tasks commissioned by the superior.
Compliance with health and safety and fire protection regulations, as well as company policies, procedures and regulations.
Making trial lithography prints.
Performance of entrusted duties in accordance with the assumptions of the WCM system.
Perform any other duty reasonable corresponding with the role.