Printer

**Position Job Title**:Printer
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**BG and BU**:Healthcare, EMEA

**Function**:Operations

**Location**:AF Cramlington

**Line Manager’s Job Title***:Production Manager

**Job Purpose**
- To safely operate print machines within defined parameters and meet production criteria whilst adhering to customer requirements.

**Job Dimensions & Scope**

**Internal relationships**:

- QA
- Studio
- Sales
- Internal Sales
- Maintenance Engineering

**Principal Accountabilities**
- **Occupational Health, Safety and Environment (OHSE) - **Actively support and align decisions and actions with OHSE requirements.
- Demonstrate meaningful involvement by integrating OHSE into day-to-day life.
- Actively participate in all OHSE training.
- Ensure compliance with best practice, legislative requirements and all company’s initiatives in relation to Health and Safety.
- Support and carry out risks assessments and inform your Supervisor of any new activity that needs to be performed within the area.
- Housekeeping - Maintain levels of housekeeping and hygiene as expected by customers and defined by the company.
- Take part in 6S activities as required and ensure your working area is always clean and safe
- ** Machine operation - Set up and operate the machines you are trained for, producing printed material whilst maintaining a positive trend in relation to performance.**
- Operate printing lines safely, following SOPs defined in line with Quality Standards.
- Undertake whatever duties are necessary to ensure printing lines run to capacity, high quality and low waste levels as defined by the Company.
- Follow work instructions carefully and carry out the relevant Quality checks and record information to the standards required by the Company.
- Always report any faulty equipment to your Supervisor and Engineering.
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Quality systems - Operate within/to prescribed quality standards and systems at all times as defined by the Company and customer requirements.**
- Paperwork - Ensure that all paperwork is completed as and when required whilst maintaining prescribed levels of accuracy.
- Data collection - Operate the data collection system in place as defined by procedures.
- Support the improvement of internal controls by participating in the development of SOPs, reference documents and forms.
- Participate in audits (internal or external).
- Assistants - Instruct and manage assistants in their duties appropriately to ensure performance and efficiencies are maintained, and output levels and targets are met.
- Flexibility - Maintain a flexible approach to work. Be prepared to work in any area providing the relevant training has been given.
- Continuous improvement - Actively engage in Continuous improvement, either within personal performance or participating in Continuous improvement initiatives at the site.
- Training - Support development of new operators through their own training and to participate actively in training programmes as and when required.

**Qualifications/Requirements**
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Formal Qualifications and Experience**
- Preferred: Level 3 Apprenticeship in Machine Printing
- Accepted: Internal on the job training or prior, proven experience
- **Specific Skills and Abilities**
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving
- Understanding of machinery and manufacturing process
- Man Management
- Time keeping
- Good communication skills
- Team player
- Meet deadlines and targets
- Ability to build strong working relationships with relevant persons
- Self-motivated
- Dynamic and open mind oriented
- Pragmatic
- Flexible and able to adapt to a fast-changing environment

**The above list is not exhaustive but represents the regular responsibilities expected of the job holder. In addition to the above the job holder will be expected to undertake all reasonable tasks requested by management.