As a global marketing experience company, Quad’s goal is to help our clients win every day. We use our data-driven integrated marketing and manufacturing platform to streamline solutions for our clients, reduce friction and enhance their marketing spend effectiveness. We’ve built a rich legacy by believing in our people, allowing them to act like owners and to take charge of their own success. Whether an operator, sales rep, a graphic artist or a clinician, we’re all driven to perform at our best— for ourselves and our clients. At our core, we’re a company that believes we can always create a better way.

Join Quad in Burlington, WI as a Saddle Stitcher Operator and step into a dynamic role where your manufacturing expertise meets cutting-edge technology. At Quad, we value your experience and offer a competitive starting wage, with the potential for up to $25 per hour for those with print experience.  We may also provide paid relocation for highly qualified candidates living over 100 miles from our plant.

You will work 10-hour shifts (3 p.m.-1 a.m.) Mon-Thurs with the potential of overtime on Fridays. This shift does not rotate, though the occasional weekend and holiday work may be required based on business needs. 

Our Burlington plant serves as a comprehensive facility for custom and specialty print projects. From books to brochures, catalogs to calendars, and direct mail to directories, Burlington handles it all. Equipped with 10-color sheetfed capabilities including UV inks and specialty finishes, along with in-house die cutting, embossing, folding, and gluing, we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional print solutions.  

Headquartered in Wisconsin, Quad is a marketing experience company that helps brands make direct consumer connections, from household to instore to online. The company does this through its MX Solutions Suite, a comprehensive range of marketing and print services that seamlessly integrate creative, production, and media solutions across online and offline channels.  Supported by state-of-the-art technology and data-driven intelligence, Quad simplifies the complexities of marketing by removing friction wherever it occurs along the marketing journey.  With approximately 11,000 employees in 11 countries, we serve around 2,100 clients, including industry-leading blue-chip companies that serve both business and consumers in multiple industry verticals, with a particular focus on commerce, including retail, consumer packaged goods, and direct-to-consumer; financial services; and health.  Quad is ranked among the largest agency companies in the U.S. by Ad Age, buoyed by its full-service media agency, Rise, and creative agency, Betty. Quad is also one of the largest commercial printers in North America, according to Printing Impressions.

Job Duties Include but are not limited to:

• Operate machine effectively and safely according to standards to ensure a quality product.
• Perform and document preventative and routine maintenance as needed or assigned.
• Make ready the stacker, tiers, mail head, and mail control.
• Make ready and run all aspects of the Saddle Stitcher (pockets, gatherer, Stitcher heads, in feed, trimmer, mail table, and mail head, etc.…)
• Make-ready and run demographic and inkjet.
• Fill in for other master operators when needed.
• Assist other master operators with start-ups as much as possible when their line is down.
• Support material handlers during continuous and self-supported running (including mail-sacking, skid stacking, pocket filling, cover filling, etc.) and give work direction during downtime and clean-up.
• Read and understand binding instructions, and mailing instructions, and support the BCS system.
• Ensure proper functioning of safety devices (i.e., guards, stop buttons).
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment.
• Perform additional tasks as needed or assigned. 

Qualifications

• Harris 855 and Muller Saddle Stitcher experience a plus (335, Bravo, or Prima Plus).
• Demonstrated skill in mechanics/mechanical aptitude.
• Ability to read and interpret binding/mailing instructions and operating/maintenance manuals.
• Knowledge of department safety practices.
• Good understanding of all Bindery functions/procedures
• Good understanding of the co-palletization process, demographics, and selective binding processes.
• Good understanding of primary causes and remedies for various quality problems.
• Ability to recognize, identify, analyze, and communicate problem situations and/or factors.
• Basic computer skills including a good understanding of the BCS System.
• Willingness to move to other machines.
• Willingness to work overtime on unscheduled days.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Strong communication skills; both oral and written.
• Ability to work easily and productively with others and with minimal supervision.
• Essential functions of this job include the following: the ability to lift 10-15 pounds continuously, the ability to lift up to 50 pounds occasionally, stand for long hours, use hands and wrists continuously in controlled movement, receive and follow instructions, and use vision to identify defects.

Additional Information

The actual rate of pay offered will vary based upon, but not limited to: education, skills, experience, proficiency, performance, shift, and location. In addition to base salary, depending on the role, the total compensation package may also include overtime and shift differentials. Quad offers benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, disability insurance, annual discretionary match to 401(k) based on company performance, life insurance, and other voluntary supplemental insurance coverages, plus childbirth short-term disability insurance, paid parental leave, adoption & surrogacy benefits, pet insurance and more!

If you're ready to take the next step in your career with Quad, apply today and become part of a team that values growth, innovation, and your potential to excel.