Production Associate

Multi-Color Corporation Recruiting • Fullerton, CA

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About The Position

The Production Associate, described in the posting as a kitting associate, gathers, kits, and stages components needed for upcoming production orders and assists press operators during product-line changeovers. The role supports pressroom production by preparing kits according to work orders and standard operating procedures, helping reduce downtime, maintaining supplies and orderly work areas, and communicating order status or issues to coworkers and supervisors. The associate also matches, mixes, and prepares colors using customer samples or Pantone color guides.

Requirements

• Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, and communication skills; ability to present information to a team.
• Ability to read, write, and comprehend instructions and SOPs in English.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Basic computer skills.
• Willingness to work overtime and weekends as scheduled.
• Trustworthiness, flexibility, dependability, and a good attendance history.
• Organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to accurately complete high volumes of work.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills, initiative, and resourcefulness.
• Ability to maintain a clean and safe work environment with a focus on 6S and Lean practices.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in an organized manner.

Responsibilities

• Maintain communication with the production team.
• Learn inventory processes and press terminology.
• Learn company-specific computer software and perform tasks within the system.
• Accurately prepare a kit for each upcoming production job.
• Follow the press schedule and stage the next job according to work orders and SOP instructions.
• Assist with changeover activities, including wash-up and set-up.
• Disassemble kits as appropriate and return cleaned or unused items to designated storage locations.
• Support pressroom production to reduce downtime and improve productivity.
• Monitor auxiliary supply levels at presses and replace supplies as needed.
• Monitor scrap and waste containers and replace them as needed.
• Match, mix, and prepare color to customer-supplied samples or Pantone color guides.
• Communicate concerns, issues, and production-order status to coworkers and supervisors; notify a supervisor of mechanical or material issues.
• Follow safety and work rules and regulations and maintain departmental housekeeping standards.
• Participate in process-improvement initiatives.
• Participate in special projects and perform other assigned duties.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and two floating holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed