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Pre-press Technician

Inland Label and Marketing Services
La Crosse, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 12/18/2024 CLOSED ON 2/5/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pre-press Technician position at Inland Label and Marketing Services?

What We Do At Inland

Your new career starts here at Inland Packaging! We are a local label and packaging manufacturer seeking an Electronic Page Composer to join our growing team. As a global supplier, Inland prints 30 billion labels for brands like Kraft Heinz, New Glarus Brewing, Purina, AriZona, Coors Light, and many more. Inland is a family-owned business (80 years to be exact) that invests in cutting-edge technology and provides on-the-job training for endless career advancement opportunities.

Job Summary:

The Electronic Page Composer plays an essential role in the label printing process by taking graphics prepared by the Pre-press team and imposing them onto plates for the printing process. This position requires a high degree of attention to detail to ensure that the imposition and plating process deliver an accurate and high-quality plate to the production floor. Performs a variety of electronic page composer and plate making responsibilities, i.e. Page composition, plating, and basic machine maintenance, according to the requirements of the external customer and the internal customers.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This list of essential functions is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary.

  • Utilizes computer systems to produces plates for all presses according to the production schedule.
  • Understands plannings instructions and assembles job to meet expectations.
  • Collaborates with other pre-press team members to ensure quality work and customer needs are met.
  • Works with other departments to ensure equipment is maintained and safety/quality processes are followed.
  • Assists in a weekend on-call rotation for high priority plate making; some additional hours to meet job demand may be required.
  • May maintain equipment, including but not limited to plate setters and processors. This may require some lifting, pushing and pulling.
  • Responsible for maintaining inventory on plating items.
  • Maintains a clean work environment.
  • Accurately enters time and materials on Inland’s computer systems.
  • Assists in other pre-press department work as necessary.
  • Assists in developing the department’s Standard Operating Procedures.

Essential skills and experience:

  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • Excellent proofing skills with an ability to read and apply math functions, including fractions, decimals and percentages.
  • Proficient in Windows Operating systems
  • Detail-oriented with an ability to prioritize work and minimize production downtime
  • Logical and conceptual thinking skills to correlate job specifications
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to learn new technology systems and processes, including software

Nonessential skills and experience:

  • Associate's degree in graphic arts, Printing and Publishing or a related field and two or more years of related experience in a pre-press or manufacturing environment; or equivalent combination of education and experience is required.

Work Environment:

  • Operates in a demanding, fast-paced, people-oriented manufacturing environment with frequent changes and interruptions, and multiple project assignments.
  • Works with a variety of people including vendors, customers, employees, managers, and executives.

Required Work Schedule:

  • Monday through Friday, standard business hours with the ability to work overtime, when needed
  • Flexible to attend meetings or important functions which may occur during off hours, weekends, and holidays to meet organizational initiatives.

Physical Requirements:

Frequent walking, lifting, pushing, pulling, and bi-lateral pinching required at various points throughout the workday.

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