Description
We are hiring an experienced #1 Lead Bindery Operator for our printing plant team in Eagan, Minnesota. In this role, you will be responsible for the performance of the production line and crew on our Core Print Solutions team. You will also facilitate Tier 1 meetings and Gemba Walk discussions to drive process improvements.
The schedule for this role is 2nd shift, 2:30 PM to 10:30 PM, with occasional overtime of up to 4 hours per day and occasional weekend shifts. The compensation for this role includes a $2,500 sign-on bonus after 90 days in the role.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide leadership, work direction, and training to crew members to consistently optimize overall performance
- Ensure the line runs smoothly and produces a quality product for customers
- Facilitate Tier 1 meetings and Gemba Walk discussions to drive communication and improvements to equipment processes
- Train crew members, including temporary staff and those coming from other areas, to meet workload demands
- Motivate others and build a team environment
Required Qualifications
- High School Diploma, GED, or higher
- Experience leading and training others
- Experience working in an industrial setting with a wide range of production machinery
- Strong mechanical and technical skills, with the ability to troubleshoot, make decisions, and resolve machine issues
- Experience with Lean and continuous improvement
- Good communication skills, including experience sharing information across shifts and departments
- Proven success as a trainer
- Able to run multiple pieces of equipment
- Experience as a lead on perfect binders with up to 40-station collators, 3-knife trimmers, inline boxing, and palletizing
- Experience with hard-cover casing-in lines, collating or kitting lines with up to 30 streamfeeder stations, packaging or cartooning lines, Sitma mail lines, and hot foil stampers
- Able to read, interpret, and explain safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and production orders
- Able to regularly lift at least 5 lbs. above the shoulder, and occasionally push, pull, and lift at least 10 lbs. up to 50 lbs.
- Able to regularly stand, walk, crouch, bend, reach, and kneel
- Able to wear personal protective equipment, including steel-toe shoes and ear protection
Preferred Qualifications
- Vocational or technical degree
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, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset.
- 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.