Ink Tech
Established in 2002, the Reflex Group is now the largest privately owned print and packaging company in the UK having grown to over 900 employees across 22 sites in the UK and Europe. The company prides itself on quality, efficiency, ethics, and low environmental impact whilst being innovative and dynamic. The company has an opportunity for an experienced Ink Tech at our site in Telford.
Location
Telford
Position type
Part‑time
Working Hours
24 hours per week 06.00 – 18.00 Saturday and Sunday
Role Overview
The role encompasses the mixing off‑flex printing inks, ensuring that inks are ready for designs that are ready to print and mixed to the customer specification in accordance to Reflex tolerances. To co‑ordinate and manage the safe operation of the Ink area and ensuring all best practices are adhered to. Also to organise ancillary products/equipment to provide a well‑organised and safe place of work including the distribution of all inks and ink equipment ready for use.
Roles and Responsibilities
* Ensure health & safety requirements within the departments are adhered to at all times.
* To ensure that all ink personnel are operating in a safe manner.
* To be responsible for the mixing and delivery of inks to the presses.
* To minimise downtime and waste within the print department by ensuring the inks are mixed correctly and to the correct tolerance.
* To develop the efficiency of the ink department performance by effective troubleshooting and implementing improvements using CI techniques.
* To be responsible for the consumable items used within the ink department, ink/solvent/buckets/spectro.
* The effective filling of all ink samples into the correct locations and to be booked into the Rexon system with file number locations.
* To reduce the returns and use away returns to the best of your ability utilising the supplied software.
* Take due care and attention of equipment and resources with particular regard to health & safety, hygiene, good house‑keeping and basic maintenance.
* To ensure that health, safety and hygiene procedures are followed at all times, including compliance with BRC criteria.
* Carry out effective shift handovers to ensure continued quality and avoid unnecessary downtime issues.
* Ensure presses are constantly optimised by making sure all plates are mounted ready for the changeover.
Required Skills & Experience
* Self‑motivated
* Well organised
* Enthusiastic
* Technical expertise
* Computer literate
* Problem solving
* Flexible
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