Plate Technician (Plate Maker)

About Us: Serving the packaging and promotional industry for over sixty years, CCL is the global supply chain leader of innovative premium packaging, promotional vehicles and comprehensive label solutions for the world’s largest consumer, agricultural and healthcare corporation.

Candidates We Consider: We are looking for candidates who have a great attitude and a desire to learn a CAREER in a fast-paced environment. We have several manufacturing positions available with on-the-job training provided.

What We Offer: CCL offers an extensive benefits package that includes: paid time off after introductory period, health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), company-paid life insurance and disability insurance, employee assistance program, flexible spending account, referral program, and tuition reimbursement.

Shift hours:

2nd shift: 4:45 pm – 3:45 am, weekends as necessary (10% shift differential on top of base pay)

• Job Summary:

  Creates printing plates by utilizing digital platemaking equipment for Offset and Flexo presses.

  Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Performs other related duties as assigned.
  • Demonstrates the behaviors of punctuality, regular attendance, professionalism towards supervisors and co-workers, and self-directed task completion.
  • Maintains clean work area.
  • Must comply with all departmental SOP's (Standard Operating Procedures), company GMP's (Good Manufacturing Practices), Employee Handbook Policies, including attendance, and all safety rules and standards.
  • Works normal shift hours and overtime as required.
  • Coordinates efforts as part of the team to provide assistance to all co-workers in all departments to maximize production efficiencies as needed.
  • Trains co-workers and new hires to set up, operate and use equipment.
  • Provides appropriate plates for the press job is running on (Offset, Cyrel, Rotamesh).
  • Logs all new plates in either Offset, Flexo or Rotascreen Platemaking log.
  • Files and logs used Cyrel plates after printing.
  • Recovers used plates needed for press using Plate Request, Sample, and Plate Log.
  • Understands the process in making Rotamesh screens for press.
  • Calibrates and maintains ECLF for Cyrel, CDI Spark, and Heidelberg CTP for Offset.
  • QC Offset, Flexo, and Rotascreen plates.
  • Signs QC jacket verifying that plates are accurate to all paperwork.
  • Maintains all equipment by performing routine maintenance and cleaning.

  Required Skills/Abilities:

  • Must be able to work collaboratively with co-workers.
  • Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
  • Ability to read, write and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.
  • Ability to address issues involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
  • Ability to effectively communicate ideas, information and or work assignments with co-workers and management as needed.
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
  • Basic understanding of Microsoft Office Suite or related software, as well as Manufacturing software.
  • Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent.
  • Ability to read a standard ruler to 1/32” and a metric ruler to 1mm.

  Education and Experience:

  High school diploma or equivalent.

  Physical Requirements:

  Regularly required to stand and reach with hands and arms.

  Frequently required to walk; stoop, kneel, crouch and talk or hear.

  Frequently lift and/or carry up to 50 pounds.

  Requires constant movement and bending.

  Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

  Work Environment:

  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, dust, chemicals and vibration.

  The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.