Die Cutting Operative
Monday to Friday role
Salary £30-£35k depending on experience
Overtime Available
25 days holiday
Key Responsibilities
• Inspect and examine printed products for accuracy, conformance to specifications, and external defects.
• Reposition printing plates, adjust pressure rolls, or otherwise adjust machines to improve quality, using knobs, hand wheels, or hand tools.
• Set and adjust speed, temperature, and positions and pressure tolerances of equipment.
• Examine job orders to determine details such as quantities to be printed, production times, stock specifications, and anilox BCM.
• Select and install printing plates, rollers, feed guides, gauges, screens, stencils, dies, and cylinders in machines according to specifications, using hand tools.
• Monitor feeding, printing, and racking processes of presses to maintain specified operating levels and to detect malfunctions, making adjustments as necessary.
• Load, position, and adjust unprinted materials on holding fixtures or in equipment loading and feeding mechanisms.
• Clean and lubricate printing machines and components, using oil, solvents, brushes, rags, and hoses.
• Measure screens and use measurements to centre and align screens in proper positions and sequences on machines, using gauges and hand tools.
• Monitor and control operation of auxiliary equipment to assemble and finish products.
• Pack and label cartons, boxes, or bins of finished products.
Personal Specification
• BOBST 102/E/CE Cutting & Creasing Operator
• Must have Quicklock experience
• Strong understanding of the die cutting process
• Strong mechanical aptitude/skills
• Ability to understand complex technical instructions, both verbal and written.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, meet deadlines and handle a wide variety of responsibilities
Required experience
• Minimum 5 years’ die cutting experience
• Strong Maths skills
• Computer Literate
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) is preferred