Bindery Specialist

AlphaGraphics - US516 is seeking a highly skilled Bindery Specialist to join our team in Roswell. As a key member of our production team, you will be responsible for operating various machines and equipment to finish printed products.

• Examine printed products for defects, such as imperfect bindings, ink spots, torn pages, loose pages, or loose or uncut threads.
• Read work orders to determine instructions and specifications for machine set-up.
• Install or adjust bindery machine devices, such as knives, guides, rollers, rounding forms, creasing rams, or clamps, to accommodate sheets, signatures, or books of specified sizes.
• Trim edges of books to size, using cutting machines, book trimming machines, or hand cutters.
• Stitch or glue endpapers, bindings, backings, or signatures, using sewing machines, glue machines, or glue and brushes.
• Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions or to determine whether adjustments are needed.
• Maintain records, such as daily production records, using specified forms.
• Prepare finished books for shipping by wrapping or packing books and stacking boxes on pallets.
• Set up or operate glue machines by filling glue reservoirs, turning switches to activate heating elements, or adjusting glue flow or conveyor speed.

• Critical thinking skills to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions.
• Effective communication skills to convey information and ideas in speaking.
• Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce logical answers.
• Visual-spatial skills to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern.