Blend Supervisor

Position Title:

Blend Supervisor

 

Pay Rate:

US CORE Salary Structure

Position Level (PL) 9

$69,500-$92,600

Multiple factors, including individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range. Variable pay may provide additional opportunities for financial awards. This job is eligible to participate in IP’s annual incentive plan.

 

Category/Shift:

Salaried Full-Time

 

Physical Location:

Hillsboro Preprint

5582 NE Huffman Street

Hillsboro, OR 97124

 

The Job You Will Perform:

In-Plant Ink Blend Supervisor to work in the Hillsboro, OR Preprint facility. This position will be in the International Paper Specialty Area Enhanced Graphic Solutions (EGS) ink division, reporting to the Complex Preprint Ink and Digital Press Manager in Indianapolis, Indiana.

 

The Specialty Products division provides printing inks, printing plates, and related services to flexographic packaging printers, both within International Paper and outside customers. The In-Plant Supervisor provides ink manufacturing leadership to a team of three technicians, provides technical service and customer support for the Hillsboro Preprint facility, and supports customers in the northwestern and southwestern US and beyond. Hillsboro Preprint manufactures high quality flexographic pre-printed liner for the corrugated packaging industry, using top of the line equipment, software and processes.

 

Specific key functions include:

• Color matching and reformulation
• Color proofing to press correlation
• Dispensing and blending ink batches for print jobs and pre-print customers
• Press-side technical assistance (toning colors, adjusting ink to improve print quality and run ability, assisting with customer approvals, etc.)
• Work to keep press downtime and ink costs to a minimum
• Order and maintain customer ink inventory
• Re-work return ink inventory
• Filing ink usage and VOC reports and other reports as necessary
• Attend production meetings and other customer meetings as required
• Attend weekly safety, quality and performance calls.
• Provide technical assistance with issues such as ink training, ink improvements, cost reductions, safety training, updating and creating SOPs, SWC program, MSQs, housekeeping/5S improvement, file management/inspections/etc.
• Provide coverage for vacation and upset conditions