Description
We are hiring a Materials Management Associate for our printing plant team in Eagan, Minnesota. As a Materials Management Associate, you will be responsible for performing set-up tasks, monitoring the equipment, and troubleshooting on our Core Publishing Solutions team. For this role, you would also be eligible for a bonus of $2,500 upon being in the role for 90 days.
Hours of Work
- 3rd shift – 10:30 pm – 6:30 am
- Occasional overtime up to 4 hours per day and occasional weekend shifts
Key Responsibilities
- Reviewing job specifications for material and set-up requirements
- Performing set-up tasks
- Monitoring the equipment and product quality; obtaining maintenance support for equipment as needed
- Performing simple to moderately complex troubleshooting related to product or equipment
- Communicating effectively during shift and at shift hand-off
- Evaluating mechanical condition of equipment, completing preventative maintenance
- Using computer-based workflow applications to manage files
- Accurately documenting activities on Tier Boards and in relevant systems (MII, SAP), including material usage and equipment issues
- Performing feeding, catching off, stacking, bundling, or physical inventory cycle count activities
- Actively participating in company safety programs and contributing to a safe culture
- Meeting or exceeding established quality and productivity standards utilizing standard work procedures
- Generating, implementing, and sustaining continuous improvement ideas
- Participating in project teams as needed
- Providing backup for other operators to cover absences or breaks
- Recommending and implementing process improvements
Required Qualifications
- High School Diploma/GED or higher
- Good mechanical and technical skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and work independently and as part of a team to resolve issues
- Knowledge of Lean concepts and continuous improvement
- Competent with rulers and measurement
- Good communication skills
- Able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and production orders
- Can regularly lift at least 5 lbs above the shoulder, and push, pull, and lift at least 10 lbs occasionally up to 50 lbs
- Can regularly stand, walk, crouch, bend, reach, and kneel
- Can wear Personal Protective Equipment including steel toe shoes and ear protection
Preferred Qualifications
- Vocational or technical degree
- Experience on Perfect Binders with up to 40 station collators, 3-knife trimmers, inline boxing, and palletizing
- Experience with hard-cover casing-in lines
- Experience with collating/kitting lines with up to 30 streamfeeder stations
- Experience with packaging/cartooning lines
- Experience with Sitma mail lines
- Experience with Aster sewing equipment
- Experience with hot foil stampers
What's in it For You?
- Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities.
- Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions.
- Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include paid leave, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
- Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
- Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
- Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency.