#2 Operator in Bindery - 1st shift

We are hiring an experienced #2 Bindery Operator for our printing plant team in Eagan, Minnesota. As a #2 Bindery Operator, you will be responsible for reviewing job specifications, performing set-up tasks, monitoring the equipment and troubleshooting on our Core Publishing Solutions team. For this role, you would also be eligible for $2,500 signing bonus upon being in the role for 90 days. The sign-on bonus is for new hires only.
Hours of Work – Eagan, Minnesota
1st shift – 6:30 am – 2:30 pm
Occasional overtime up to 4 hours per day and occasional weekend shifts

About the Role: In this opportunity as a #2 Bindery Operator, you will be responsible for:   

• Reviewing job specifications for material and set-up requirements
• Performing or delegating/overseeing set-up tasks
• Monitoring the equipment and product through the job run to ensure a high-quality product
• Performing moderately complex trouble-shooting related to product or equipment
• Communicating effectively during shift and at shift hand-off
• Evaluating the mechanical condition of equipment, completing preventative maintenance, involving Maintenance as needed
• Using computer-based workflows applications to manage files
• Accurately documenting activities on Tier Boards and in relevant systems (MII, SAP), i.e., material usage, equipment issues, etc
• Accurately marking, verifying, and tagging loads correctly to ensure inventory accuracy
• Providing work direction to others, whether direct crew or other individuals in the workstream
• Actively participating in company safety programs and contributing to a safe culture
• Performing training as needed
• Meeting or exceeding established quality and productivity standards utilizing standard work procedures
• Generating, implementing, performing and sustaining continuous improvement ideas as well as housekeeping procedures to maintain work area
• Participating in project teams as needed
• Providing backup for other operators to cover absences or breaks
• Recommending and implementing process improvements

About You:

• Possess a High School Diploma/GED or higher. Candidates with a vocational/technical degree are strongly preferred
• Experience leading and training others
• Experience working in an industrial setting with a wide range of production machinery
• Strong mechanical and technical skills, with the ability to troubleshoot, make decisions, and resolve machine issues
• Experience with Lean and continuous improvement
• Competent with rulers and measurement
• Good communication skills
• Able to run multiple pieces of equipment
• Experience on Perfect Binders with up to 40 station collators, 3-knife trimmers, inline boxing, and palletizing
• Experience with hard-cover casing-in lines, collating/kitting lines with up to 30 stream feeder stations, packaging/cartooning lines, Sitma mail lines, Aster sewing equipment, and hot foil stampers
• Able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and production orders
• Can regularly lift at least 5 lbs. above the shoulder as well as push, pull, and lift at least 10 lbs occasionally up to 50 lbs
• Can regularly stand, walk, crouch, bend, reach and kneel
• Can wear Personal Protective Equipment including steel toe shoes and ear protection

What’s in it For You? 
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through: 

• Bonus: $1,500 signing bonus upon being in the role for 90 days.
• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more 
• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: company-wide Mental Health Day Off; Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing 
• Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking 
• Social Impact: Eight employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact 
• Purpose-Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency.  Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts