Print Operator

Print Operator

Southend-on-Sea, Essex

Are you looking for a new challenge with a business that encourages its employees to increase their abilities and grow professionally? If so, read on.

The Company

Serving a variety of sectors, our client is an award-winning provider of innovative packaging solutions.

They are proud to supply global brands across the confectionery, dairy and carton markets, and enjoy supporting emerging and start-up businesses that look to them in order to help enhance their products.

They are now looking for a talented individual to join their team on a full-time basis, working 40 hours per week, Monday to Thursday, 6am – 4pm.

The Benefits

- Salary of £28,000 - £33,000 dependent on experience

- Potential overtime opportunities

- Company pension scheme (3% employer contribution)

- DIS (x3 salary)

- Insurance scheme for sickness

- 21 days’ holiday (working a four day week) plus Bank Holidays

This is the ideal opportunity for someone who is currently a trained printer professional or someone who has the right skill set, would value being trained and is interested in a long-term career in the Print industry.

Joining our client’s small, friendly team, you’ll discover a great work environment where like-minded professionals work together to create a fantastic atmosphere and a workspace where everyone wants to be.

You’ll be supported to grow and develop, enhancing your expertise and taking your print production career to the next level.

So, if you are ready to advance your expertise and take your next step, this is the role you’ve been waiting for.

The Role

As a Print Operator, you will deliver perfectly printed items to meet customers’ needs through the accurate operation of our client’s printing presses.

Specifically, you will utilise rotogravure one to eight colour printing presses to deliver the production plan, setting up, starting, operating, troubleshooting and shutting down machines.

About You

To be considered as a Print Operator, you’ll need:

- Previous printing experience

OR

- Experience with machinery

OR

- Experience with colour matching

- A positive and flexible approach

- Excellent attention to detail

- To be based in the Southend-on-Sea area (within a 30 minute commute)

Due to the nature of this role, our client cannot progress applications from candidates who are colour-blind or suffer from any degree of colour-blindness.

Experience of operating a rotogravure press and using liquid inks would be beneficial, as would experience with Uteco.

Other companies may call this role Printer, Machine Operator, Printing Press Operator, Printing Operative, Print Assistant, Print Operative, Print Production Operative, or Production Operative.

Webrecruit and our clients are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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