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Great opportunity for an experienced Flexo Printer to join this award-winning, self-adhesive label manufacturer.

The business has traded for over 30 years and produces top quality work for retailers and brands alike.

If you've got a background within Flexographic printing (producing Labels or Packaging) and have operated either a Nilpeter Servo Press, Mark Andy, MPS or similar, then this position could be of great interest to you.

Job Purpose

To produce quality labels in a timely and efficient manner.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Operate Printing equipment according to procedures and job specifications
• Daily productivity responsibility ensuring that individual schedule and targets set are achieved.

• Ensuring that jobs are produced to the highest quality level and that the ISO9001-2000 quality procedures are followed.
• Responsibility for cleanliness and general maintenance of equipment used in the process.
• Relaying information through the Specification sheet on how jobs are produced and exactly what settings are required to repeat the process.
• To work with Production Manager to continually improve quality, processes and production efficiencies.
• Advising the Production Manager if any tooling is not performing as well as is expected so that, if necessary, replacements can be purchased.
• Follow all safety procedures in operating equipment and performance of job duties
• Maintain work area in organised manner.
• Security and key holder responsibilities as required.
• Maintain of AVT inspection equipment to ensure optimum effectiveness
• Communicate with rewind via tab report on job card
• Mindful use of consumables Inc. gloves and rags
• Ensuring job set up in most efficient time using minimal ink and materials
• Checking  at an early stage to avoid wasting time
• Adjusting and recording ink mixes
• Checking colours using spectro
• Organising pre-press team for maximum efficient
• Perform pre-check of colleagues work when requested

Skills & Experience required

• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Previous printing experience desirable.
• Ability to communicate effectively in the English language (verbal and written)
• Ability to follow instructions
• Ability to meet physical demands of the job (lifting up to 50 pounds, prolonged standing)
• Ability to work as a team member and independently
• Ability to learn and apply new procedures and methods
• Math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and ability to read a ruler
• Ability and willingness to perform repetitive tasks
• Ability to follow safety procedures

If you have a Flexo printing background, are quality conscious and are able to work on a double day (6am - 2pm & 2pm - 10pm) shift pattern, please send in your CV ASAP!

Alternatively, we have a number of other vacancies we are currently dealing with across various categories that include: Account Manager, Account Executive, Account Director, Project Manager, Production Manager, Estimator, Buyer, Sales Manager, Sales Executive. Call us on any of the following numbers: 01279 730801 - 07538 088621 - 07538 088625