Technician - Ink Room - Hiring Immediately

ProAmpac is an ESSENTIAL employer that is ACTIVELY HIRING at our Forest City, NC facility!

Our pay and benefits are competitive along with 11 paid holidays and a great wellness program. This is a fantastic opportunity to leverage your manufacturing experience and learn valuable niche skills that are in high demand. We offer outstanding benefits and competitive pay, as well as the opportunity to earn quarterly production bonuses!

The safety and health of our team is our top priority. ProAmpac has taken great steps to provide all personal protective equipment and sanitizing supplies to create a safe and healthy work environment for you.

You will never be bored in this fast paced, safety-oriented, and mentally challenging environment. Be part of a fast growing and stable industry where you can actually see and touch the finished product you made. Take pride knowing your work is on the shelves in retail stores across the country!

If you have previous experience as an ink technician, we want to hear from you!

DUTIES:

• Maintain a clean and safe work environment, sweeping and mopping as necessary to remove spills, while complying with all company safety policies.
• Use spectrophotometer (color computer) to prepare ink formulations and weigh out 100 gram samples. Using the proper tools, rollout a sample of the color and adjust as necessary to achieve proper color. Catalog and file samples.
• Prepare batches of ink (25 to 2000 lbs) for production runs using formulations, adjusting the batch as necessary to achieve the proper shade and hue, at a printable viscosity and PH level. Operate the ink dispenser and mixers; strains batches and labels products.
• Deliver inks to the press area, inventory returns of inks from completed print runs, using carts or barrel lifters.
• Maintain an inventory of ink additives and chemicals, and reorder as necessary to maintain proper inventory levels. Items include Isopropyl Alcohol, Glycol, Ammonia, PH adjuster and Flexopunch.
• Maintain a perpetual inventory of base inks and orders and receives additional materials to keep that balanced.
• Perform a monthly inventory of returned ink and work to keep that inventory at a minimum.
• As needed, operate the Beckart Pretreatment equipment and prepare batches of wastewater to be pretreated and filtered prior to discharge to the sewer system. Add chemicals, agitate and mix, verify the PH levels. Dump and clean filters and transport filtercake to the designated disposal area.
• Mount printing plates, as needed.

REQUIREMENTS:

• • Cannot be color blind.
  • Good attendance.
  • Must be flexible for overtime, as overtime is mandatory during busy season.
  • Must be able to lift 50 pounds frequently throughout a shift.

  • Ability to read & write English at a 10th grade level and read a ruler to 1/16".

  • Must work well as a team member, while complying with company safety policies.