Print Operator

Print Operator

Southend-on-Sea, Essex

Serving a variety of sectors, our client is an award-winning provider of packaging solutions. They are proud to supply global brands across the confectionery, dairy, and carton markets.

Due to continued expansion, they are now looking for a Print Operator to join them on a full-time, permanent basis.

The Benefits

• Salary of up to £35,000, dependent on experience

• Potential overtime opportunities

• Company pension scheme (3% employer contribution)

• DIS (x3 salary)

• Insurance scheme for sickness

• 29 days’ holiday, including Bank Holidays

This is the ideal opportunity for a trained printer or someone with print machinery or colour-matching experience to join our client's growing, successful company.

You’ll discover a great work environment where like-minded professionals work together to create a fantastic atmosphere and a workspace where everyone wants to be.

What's more, you’ll be supported to grow and develop, enhancing your expertise and taking your print production career to the next level.

So, if you are ready to advance your expertise and take your next step as part of a small, friendly team, this is the role you’ve been waiting for.

The Role

As a Print Operator, you will deliver perfectly printed items to meet customers’ needs through the accurate operation of our client’s printing presses.

Specifically, you will utilise rotogravure one-to-eight colour printing presses to deliver the production plan, setting up, starting, operating, troubleshooting and shutting down machines.

The role may require you to work 12 hour shifts, totalling up to 48 hours per week.

About You

To be considered as a Print Operator, you’ll need:

• Previous printing experience OR

• Experience with machinery OR

• Experience with colour matching

You will also need:

• A positive and flexible approach

• Excellent attention to detail

• To be based in the Southend-on-Sea area (within a 30 minute commute)

Due to the nature of this role, our client cannot progress applications from candidates who are colour-blind or suffer from any degree of colour-blindness.

Experience of operating a rotogravure press and using liquid inks would be beneficial, as would experience with Uteco.

Other companies may call this role Printer, Machine Operator, Printing Press Operator, Printing Operative, Print Assistant, Print Operative, Print Production Operative, or Production Operative.

Webrecruit and our clients are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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