Print Production Specialist

Purpose

The Printing Specialist supports daily production with printing process & quality issues, providing a quick response and presence to the shop floor. This role is also responsible for ink management and supporting during customer visits and press checks, aiding in the process of going from design to production

Key Missions

• Follow and comply with all OSHA and company safety procedures.
• Monitor, support and improve production yield rates in accordance with company targets.
• Provide technical support on the press to industrialize products from design until the printing process is completed
• Monitor inks stock and re-order as needed to ensure continuity in printing operations
• Problem solving for issues related to printing process
• Audit, maintain and improve existing processes, identifying issues and proposing corrective actions with respective implementation, while expressing a good problem solving capability.
• Develop and qualify new products and processes, manage projects with proper documentation and consistent monitoring while following IDEMIA routine and “IWay” standards.
• Assist in designing industrialization plans for new products, processes or equipment following the industrial qualification procedure in relation to Company Quality Assurance standards
• Investigate customer complaints with Quality Assurance, Production and Customer Services and make containment and improvement recommendations with a continuous improvement approach
• Lead small projects and small teams to perform a process improvement or problem solving activity, or to complete successfully a qualification
• Present the status of his activities and project to the management via regular written reports or oral presentations

Profile & Other Information

• Bachelor degree (B. S.) from a four-year college or university with emphasis in Mechanical, industrial or chemical Engineering or design. 
• Possess solid understanding of engineering principles including developing, qualifying and implementing new production processes within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong technical experience in litho process; digital and silkscreen are a plus.
• Excellent communication skills to explain production environment in front of customers. 
• Excellent time management, communications, presentation and organization skills.
• Experience with new products development, qualification and introduction.
• Strong experience in root cause analysis, problem solving using different methodologies (8D, 6 Sigma, QRQC…).