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Folder Gluer Operator 2nd Shift

Apply Job ID 25424 Date posted Mar. 14, 2023 Location Franklin, Wisconsin

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.

Quad is currently hiring Essential Workers who want to make a difference - Imagine more than you have today.  Your career starts here.  Be greater than you thought possible and reap the rewards of your success and growth.  We are in the business of developing people. Promotions are based on your performance – You are in charge of your career! 

At Quad, you have immediate opportunities to advance – driving you to be better than yesterday. We value and reward manufacturing experience by providing a competitive wage. As your career progresses, there are multiple upward paths available, as we are continuously looking for our next group of leaders to excel within the organization.

You have immediate opportunities to advance – driving you to be better than yesterday. As your career progresses, there are multiple upward paths available, as we are continuously looking for our next group of leaders to excel within the organization.

One of Quad’s premier packaging plants and world headquarters is located in Franklin, WI. The Franklin plant is just over 270,000 square feet in size, CLIMATE CONTROLLED, and home to cutting-edge equipment and technology.

Quad is a Wisconsin-based company, which is among the largest magazine and direct-mail printers in the U.S. Our company leverages its strong print foundation as part of a much larger, robust integrated marketing services platform that helps marketers and content creators improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their marketing spend across offline and online media channels.

Quad is closely following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and implementing processes that promote the safety of our employees, candidates, customers, and communities. We follow CDC and local health authorities, and federal and state governments along with best practices and recommendations from our healthcare subsidiary, QuadMed.

BE YOUR OWN SUCCESS STORY.  BE SOMETHING GREATER.  BE QUAD.

Position Overview:

Quad is seeking a Full-Time 2nd Shift Folder/Gluer Operator at our Franklin, WI plant location. The Operator performs set-up and operates the machine to automatically fold glue, and affix inserts and/or outserts, security tags, and adhesive labels on preprinted stock to ensure that production accurately meets the customer job order.

  • Make-Ready functions
  • Production: Activate process; monitor production and adjust machine during production run as required. Synchronize the speed of the machine to maximize the crew’s output.
  • Perform and/or arrange for preventative maintenance according to schedule.
  • Record router information and information for daily production sheets such as time spent on specific tasks, number of items produced, etc.
  • Operators frequently operate and oversee the operation of more than one feeder/gluer operation at one time.
  • Occasionally train workers on the Folding and Gluing Machine operations, and the feeding and take-off functions.
  • Cross-train as assigned.
  • EXAMPLES OF POWERED EQUIPMENT USED: Folding and gluing machines, automatic sealing equipment, Inserters, Tape Heads, computers, trash compactor, automatic labelers (EAM), and roller-conveyor table. 

Required Qualifications:

  • Possess a High School Diploma or GED, or equivalent education and/or training.
  • Able to perform work-related functions requiring the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide.
  • Read, speak, and understand the English language sufficiently to interpret instructions, job orders, production sheets, and work-related documents.
  • Able to clearly communicate problems and malfunctions to co-workers and lead/management.
  • Familiar with production and processing. Understands inputs, outputs, raw materials, waste, quality control, costs, and techniques for maximizing the manufacture and distribution of goods. Able to analyze needs and production requirements.
  • Troubleshooting experience and skill sufficient to analyze the process, determine what is causing an operating error and/or identify what must be changed, and generate a number of possible solutions and/or use logic and analysis to decide what to do about it. 
  • Ability to work 4 10-hour shifts, Mon.-Thurs.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Machine repair and maintenance experience preferred
  • Computer experience preferred (Data Collection Station)
  • Folding/Gluing Operator Experience preferred

We offer excellent benefits to eligible employees, including 401(k), holidays, vacations and more.

Quad is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We are committed to creating a place of belonging — a space where employees do not need to sacrifice who they are to exist and grow in our workplace. Quad does not discriminate on any unlawful basis including race, religion, color, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Quad also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.

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