Position Summary
The Plate Mounter is responsible for accurately mounting printing plates to cylinders for flexographic printing operations, ensuring optimal print quality, registration, and press performance. This position plays a critical role in maintaining production efficiency, product quality, food safety compliance, and workplace safety standards.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Mount flexographic printing plates onto print cylinders according to job specifications and quality standards.
- Measure and verify all print cylinders using precision measuring equipment, including micrometers and T.I.R. (Total Indicator Runout) gauges, prior to mounting. Recheck cylinders as necessary to ensure proper tolerances.
- Inspect printing plates for proper thickness, damage, wear, defects, contamination, or inconsistencies before mounting.
- Verify artwork orientation, plate positioning, and mounting accuracy to ensure proper registration and print quality.
- Produce paper proofs or mock-ups of all jobs prior to releasing work to the press department.
- Maintain accurate records of mounted jobs, cylinder specifications, and mounting activities.
- Ensure jobs are prepared and delivered according to production schedules.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Additional Responsibilities
- Assist production personnel as needed to support departmental goals and operational requirements.
- Maintain effective communication with Press Operator, Production Supervisors, and Quality personnel.
- Participate in cross-training initiatives and support continuous improvement efforts.
- Perform other essential and non-essential duties as assigned.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to frequently stand, walk, bend, reach, twist, and perform repetitive hand and arm movements throughout the workday.
- Must be able to lift and carry up to 49 pounds without assistance.
- Must be able to safely lift, move, or handle 50 pounds or more with assistance or approved material-handling equipment.
- Ability to push, pull, and maneuver cylinders, sleeves, printing plates, and production materials.
- Must possess sufficient visual acuity to inspect plates, registration marks, and print quality details.
- Must be able to see in color and pass the Ishihara Color Vision Test.
- Ability to work in a manufacturing environment with exposure to moving machinery, noise, inks, adhesives, and varying temperatures.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Basic math aptitude; must know basic math skills and be able to read a ruler.
- Ability to manage numerous projects simultaneously.
- Demonstrates independent judgment.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Good computer skills.
- Be able to pass color blindness test.
- Physical demands include standing long periods of time.
- Dexterity of hands for intricate use of Hobby or Razor knives.
- Basic mechanical skills.
- Be familiar with and able to use ruler, gauges and hand tools.
Wage: $21 - $25
Shift: 5:00 am - 3:00 pm Monday - Thursday with overtime as needed