Innovative printing and packaging company located in Holland is looking for a bindery assistant.
GENERAL PURPOSE: Assist bindery operator on various finishing equipment and perform hand-bindery work.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
• Drills holes in paper sheets, manually or by machine.
• Removes, stacks, and packs printed material in various stages of completion on pallets as it accumulates on finishing equipment.
• Examines stitched, collated, bound, and unbound publications to assure jobs are completed in accordance with customer quality requirements.
• Hand collates sets of printed materials, inserts sheets, applies adhesive tape or hot glue, and applies labels according to the job ticket.
• Form sample products by hand using adhesive tape or hot glue.
• Sets up and operates shrink wrapping equipment. Packs wrapped product in boxes and applies tape and labels.
• Weighs printed material on the counting scale.
• Operates the hand-held air hammer.
• Operates paper banding machine.
• Assists the operator on the folder, stitcher trimmer, and cutter when needed.
• Completes bindery portion of the job ticket and label information.
• Assists in the gluing department as required.
• Performs job duties in accordance with all federal, state, local, and company safety rules.
• Performs other job duties as assigned.
