DI Printing Machine Operator at Satelite Group

We are looking for a Direct Imaging (DI) Printing Machine Operator to join our team of experts who deliver exceptional services to our customers.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Operate large DI printing machines, Laminating Machines, Cutting, and Plastic ID card machines.
• Estimating the time required to complete the job and ensuring that the specified deadlines are met.
• Working as part of a team with graphic designers, illustrators, other printing operators and marketing specialists to produce new ideas and designs.
• Program and prepare jobs for printing.
• Maintain daily print job production logs and daily delivery manifests.
• Setup, program and release jobs from the print queue.
• Monitor the quality of job output for correctness and image quality.
• Able to set up, operate, and adjust the equipment, and in addition, diagnose, solve, and correct operating problems affecting the quality and timeliness of the service or product or function.
• Requires advanced knowledge of colour theory and ability to make adjustments and colour corrections when operating the equipment to produce the imaging to customer specifications.
• Excellent knowledge of file manipulation and file formats for digital print.
• Excellent knowledge and ability to set up feed rollers, tensioning, timing and in-line finishing per job specifications.

Skills and Requirements:

• Minimum of 2 years of printing and design experience.
• Must be able to operate large DI printing machines
• Ability to work with the Graphics designers and print design to fit required measurements.
• Proficient in Microsoft packages: Excel, Word, Powerpoint and Outlook
• Produce digital products to customer specifications and quality standards
• Maintains accurate production records
• Loads inks and performs routine maintenance
• Performs basic preventive maintenance tasks on equipment and computer systems, such as cleaning ink tanks, changing filters and rollers, deleting unreferenced files, etc.
• Works with customer service representatives to ensure product quality. 
• Understanding of the printing process
• Strong attention to detail

• Operating the mug press machine for sublimation on mugs, heat press, shirt branding, flex, print and cut machine is an advantage