Job Description
Job Requirements
- Minimum Required Experience: Minimum of 1year work experience in a printing industry.
- Qualifications: OND/SSCE or equivalent in Printing Technology or Related Discipline.
Duties and Responsibilities
Operating & Process Control:
- The Operator will operate post press machines in addition to execution of quality control checks and analyses.
- Recording waste and movement of product on the appropriate documentation or information systems. Review trends to identify & resolve problems.
- Carrying out the required quality checks and analyses and recording the results on the appropriate information system
- Actively participate in shift meetings, asking questions to test understanding and contributing suggestions. Making use of the action logs to record issues, problems and improvement opportunities.
- Fully understand the team dream and contribute in achieving it
- Make use of relevant communication media (e.g. shift logbook) to stay informed and inform others of issues
- Complete required hand over to incoming shift team members, ensuring the issues relating to plant performance, quality and maintenance are communicated.
- Plans and performs preventive and breakdown maintenance activities.
- Ensures maximum uptime and throughput of machines.
- Ensures adequate working environment i.e. power, temperature, humidity etc.
Quality Auditing:
- Conduct required and requested quality audits, completing the appropriate documentation and communicating the results
- Review quality analysis procedures of shift based teams, identifying problems or training needs and communicating these to the team leader
- Conduct regular audits of calibration procedures of shift based production teams and communicating results
- Conduct audits of analytic procedures to ensure compliance and identifying corrective actions required
- Where required, initiate corrective actions coming out of the quality audits in areas that impacts production. Communicate effectively in teams
- Contribute to self and team development.
Problem Solving:
- Support the shift based production teams in problem solving, providing specialist assistance and techniques
- Coach, mentor and assist shift based production teams on problem solving and correct use of problem solving techniques.
Continuous Improvement:
- Carry out specialized analyses in support of the evaluation of continuous improvement opportunities
- Determine additional analytical work required evaluating continuous improvement opportunities
- Take part in departmental process optimization initiatives as required
Traits and Competencies Required:
- A logical, analytical problem solver who can operate in a fast paced printing environment
- A team player
- High level of initiative and energy.