Graphics Customer Advisor - Dept. 25 1st shift

About Pierce, an Oshkosh company

At Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineering pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.

Summary of Job Description

The positions within the Graphics III are responsible working with customer to understand concepts and provide guidance on graphic designs.  Designs artwork and graphics. The employee may work directly with customers to address requests/questions and change orders.   They must maintain a clean and safe working environment.  
 

Essential Functions

• Communicate verbally with co-workers to keep a safe working environment
• Follow written and verbal instructions to complete tasks
• Works directly with internal and external customers to understand concepts and provides guidance on designs
• May set up, operate, and maintain various forms of graphics equipment and tools, such as printing and measurement
• Partners with marketing and sales
• Orders special parts and inventory
• May perform specialized or expert application work
• Check and review check lists, work orders, and schedules
• Monitors the inventory of equipment, parts, materials, and related items and notifies appropriate personnel of completes paperwork as required

• Work required hours and have an excellent attendance record
• Work overtime as needed

• Maintain a clean and safe working environment
   

Basic Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent education
• Six or more years of experience with Graphics Design or comparable experience

Preferred Qualifications to complete Essential Functions

• Associate degree in computer Aided Graphic Design or other advanced Graphic training
• Working knowledge/Proficiency using Gerber Omega and Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator & Photo Shop)
• General understanding of Graphic printing/output/production
• Prior Graphic application experience is a plus (Vinyl or reflective material)
• Previous experiencing using Cut Master, ONYX RIP Software
• Previous experience in department 25

Key Abilities Needed to Complete Essential Functions

*All positions require the ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations. Detailed physical job analysis available upon request.

• Perform all assigned tasks
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal communication skills
• Recognize and react to abnormal operating conditions
• Use and wear personal protective equipment as indicated by the task or environment
• Designing artwork
• Utilizing computer graphics
• Provides specialized or advanced customer service on graphics and design concepts
• Hear safety alarms and other co-workers
• Understands and applies graphics principles and practices, may train new team members
• Understands and applies sealing and related painting principles and practices, may train new team members
• Preparing complex materials, graphics, and pieces for application
• Working with several administrative aspects of the graphic production process
• Read tape measure, safety manuals, work orders, and blueprints effectively
• Follow instructions from supervisors and other co-workers
• Understand and identify safety issues
• Maintain balance when walking and standing on potential slippery work floor
• Maintain balance when climbing on a portable step, ladders, and trucks
• Tolerate constant standing while performing tasks along with occasional awkward positions to complete the tasks
• Have good hand eye coordination
• Use both hands for tool operation and application of graphics
• Remember task sequence and safety constraints

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