Bindery Assistants and Operators

Fast growing, privately owned, digital printing & mailing company in Atlanta is currently seeking experienced bindery assistance and operators. Through our unique combination of tools and expertise in physical, digital and hybrid communications, we are helping businesses meet the many challenges of connecting with individual customers in a targeted manner. We also provide strategic outsourcing services to help organizations streamline their mail and print operations and manage critical documents. We are seeking a hard working, efficient, intelligent, experienced candidate to fill a position that requires integrity, pride in workmanship and overall attention to quality control.

Qualified applicants must have previous experience with stitching, folding, or assisting as needed.   Applicants also need experience feeding machines, boxing, shrink wrapping, etc.

To be qualified applicants should have:

• At least three years professional experience as a Stitching, Perfect Binder, Cutting operator performing both setup and operation. 
  
  
• Ability to juggle multiple projects and varying work within tight deadlines. 
  
  
• Ability to follow QC measures as required.
  
  

Job Duties:

• Prefer experience with Horizon stitch equipment, or folder and cutter equipment. 
  
  
• Inspect equipment for safety issues. 
  
  
• Operate automatic adhesive binding machines (perfect binders) that contain numerous interrelated process stations.
  
  
• Make needed adjustments to coordinate the multiple work stations on a single machine.
   
• Work with crew though all aspects of production. 
  
  
• Monitor quality, output and productivity. 

Required Skills:

General knowledge of the more complex bindery machines (i.e. fully automatic binding machines (perfect binders), multiple station collators and multiple folding units, either individually or combined) to perform the full range of standard and specialized folds of printed materials. 

• Thorough knowledge of the set-up, operating requirements, procedures, capabilities and limitations of one or more bindery machines to perform the full range of standard and specialized folding, collating and cutting of printed materials to complete a combined finishing product. 
  
  
• Knowledge of the quality and machining requirements of various coated and uncoated types of paper stock. 
  
  
• Skill in setting up and adjusting machines for finishing operations and to refine such adjustments for the weight, color, machinability and quality of paper stock being used and to prevent machining impressions on the printed materials. 
  
  
• Must be able to calculate distances, clearances, and fits in combining machines. 
  
  
• Job requires ability to exert 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

If you are interested in this opportunity, click now to download and complete our employment application and begin the first step to fulfill our Bindery Assistants and Operator positions on our team!