Laminator Operator

WORK TYPE:   Onsite   

LOCATION DETAILS 2525 Midpoint Dr, Edwardsville, KS 66111

WORK HOURS Monday – Friday, 7am through 3:00pm 

Full-time regular team members work 8-hour shifts for 40 hours per week, shift times may vary, extra hours may be added to your schedule to ensure we fulfill our commitments to customers.

Peak Season (January - June) Requirements

• Candidates must be available to work the 2nd Shift
• Mandatory overtime may include some Saturdays and Sundays.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Varsity Spirit, A Varsity Achievement Brand, is looking to hire a Lamination Operator to join our Cover Department.  As a member of the Varsity Yearbook Kansas City Yearbook team, you will be responsible for successfully operating machines that laminate offset and digital sheets from both pressrooms.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Operates and maintains laminator during a shift.
• Completes scheduled maintenance on laminator during shift
• Loads/unloads material from skids
• Quality checks every job that comes off the laminator
• Reads and understands work orders and know where to deliver to the next department
• Scans jobs through in YBS
• Assists in meeting work quota
• Communication with all employees including other shifts
• Maintains a good working relationship with lead person and fellow workers
• Maintains a clean and organized work environment
• Assists in other areas as work backlogs dictate
• Additional duties and tasks may be assigned to fulfill assignments or complete work in the Cover Plant

QUALIFICATIONS

KNOWLEDGE/ SKILLS/ ABILITIES

• Be able to operate hand jack to move skids
• Willing and able to train to run and operate other equipment if quotas and work load allows and safe work environment always.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

EDUCATION/ EXPERIENCE

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must be capable of performing minor maintenance on machines.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Preference will be given to candidates with previous related experience
• Previous success maintaining a strong attendance and on time record

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to vibrations. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud