Print-Press Assistant Production Manager at Greymedia Limited

Job Description

• The ideal candidate will own the entire production process
• He will strategize with other internal teams to ensure operational excellence
• He will also run quality assessment to ensure customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Manage the implementation of scheduled printing so as to ensure compliance and uniformity with the agreed time frames, product quality, and efficiency
• Manage the printing resources to improve productivity
• Coordinate the printing phases and material provision in order to ensure smooth & appropriate daily operation in terms of capacity and quality
• Manage and ensure the coordination of all printing activity in order to optimize production times and capacity
• Monitor the housekeeping of the facilities in order to secure quality, increase in efficiency, improve productivity and ensure healthy & safe working conditions
• Train, support and motivate the printing staff in order to ensure the quality of their work, their safety and their commitment
• Manage and evaluate entire production process
• Contribute to production planning and budgeting
• Lead and monitor quality assessments to ensure customer satisfaction
• Maintain a safe production environment
• Coordinate with key internal and external production stakeholders.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of production experience
• At least 3 years’ experience with direct imaging and 1 or more years prior digital printing experience.
• Requires advanced knowledge of digital print and/or inkjet imaging equipment set up, adjustment, operating procedures, and a corresponding level of skill to set up, operate, and adjust the equipment.
• 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.
• May instruct junior level operators how to complete the required corrective adjustment.
• Requires basic mathematic skills, basic computer skills.
• At least 3 years’ experience with direct imaging and 1 or more years prior digital printing experience.

Skills & Experience:

• Experience with sheet fed press or 4-color process operation and performance of preventive maintenance tasks on digital printing presses preferred. Related experience also accepted.
• Understanding of the printing process, including press proof forms and electrostating printing and impositioning preferred.
• Advanced computer skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Basic mathematical skills (i.e. fractions, multiplication, division, and use of a ruler).