Digital Finisher- NW 2nd Shift
Summary
Operates and maintains post-press finishing equipment for digitally printed products, including laminating, cutting, and packaging, in a manufacturing environment.
Job Summary: The HP Digital Printing Press Finisher is responsible for completing post-press finishing operations for digitally printed products while ensuring quality, productivity, and safety standards are met. This position performs finishing processes such as laminating, slitting, rewinding, sheeting, die cutting, trimming, inspection, packaging, and preparing finished products for shipment. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, mechanically inclined, and committed to producing high-quality products in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Production:
- Be at workstation within 3 minutes of reporting time
- Perform finishing operations on products produced by digital printing presses
- Set up, operate, and adjust finishing equipment including slitters/rewinders, laminators, die cutters, sheeters, trimmers, rewind systems, and packaging equipment
- Perform visual and dimensional quality inspections throughout production
- Identify print or finishing defects and notify supervision
- Maintain roll identification, labels, and documentation
- Monitor equipment performance and perform routine adjustments
- Stay busy when machine is down
Job Prep & Wrap-Up:
- Read and interpret work orders, job tickets, specifications, and production schedules
- Verify materials, dimensions, and specifications before beginning each job
- Assist with preventative maintenance and equipment cleaning
- Stage next job’s materials
- Clean up and any other procedures related to the completion of jobs
Safety & Compliance:
- Adhere to all required safety practices, including use of PPE, lockout/tagout, and machine guarding procedures
- Ensure compliance with facility food safety (GMP), product safety, and quality standards
- Performs job in manner that protects the health and safety of all employees
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area using 5S and GMP
Communication & Collaboration:
- Communicate issues to lead operator
- Complete production paperwork accurately
- Properly make computer entries
- Work with and Quality personnel
- Record readings (speed, scrap counts, basic QC checks) as instructed
- Follow chain of command from supervisor to department manager to plant manager, etc…
- Cross-train on additional equipment