Jark Stevenage are urgently recruiting for a Pre Press Operative for a Stevenage Printing company.
This is an established company with strong growth with excellent prospects of progression. This role is a temporary to permanent position for the right person
Pre-press is to aid production, increase output and maintain quality/efficiencies. Working to ensure orders are ready in line with the company schedule.
Essential competencies & behaviour
• Approachable and proactive when dealing with colleagues and cross-functional teams.
• Strong planning and organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Works well within a team and fosters collaboration.
• Professionalism, integrity, and accountability in all duties undertaken.
• Able to work under pressure and adapt to changing demands.
• Multi skilled within pre-press, must have the ability to cover all 3 key areas, Plate ordering, Plate mounting and ink mixing.
Daily Tasks
• Plate ordering/administration -
• Plate mounting
• Ink mixing and colour matching.
• Plate making.
• Cleaning recycled printing plates.
• Producing plate negs for in house plates.
• Carrying out pre-shift inspections for the pre-press room.
Weekly Tasks
• Keeping records of plate usage and reporting these back to the production manager
• Keeping records of ink usage and cost savings
• Ordering of ink.
• Recycling of inks and safe disposal of old inks.
Monthly Tasks
• Stocktake of the ink store.
£25k to £28k per annum – depending on experience.
Hours 7am till 4pm - 20 min tea break and 30 minutes for lunch
Key attributes:
Self-motivated/good work ethic
Good at problem solving skills
Mechanically minded
Good Attention to detail
Reliable
Please do not apply if you are a student this is a FULL time position
Due to the amount of CVs we receive we can’t always respond to all applicants so if you haven't heard back from me within 7 working days then your application will of been unsuccessful
Skills Required
Key attributes:
Pre press
Be able to read a job card and understand the artwork/proof for each specific job.
Self-motivated/good work ethic
Good at problem solving skills
Mechanically minded
Good Attention to detail
Reliable
Keywords
Pre press
Reliable
