04.05.18
Company Name:
Sun Chemical
Company Description:
Sun Chemical is a recognized leader in printing inks, coatings and supplies for the packaging, publication, commercial, industrial, and digital markets and introduces solutions that enable marketers to better manage their brand colors, protect product integrity through improvements in packaging, and introduce security features that defend against counterfeiting.
Business Industry:
Ink Manufacturer
Job Title:
In Plant Technician II
Experience:
Associate
Job Function:
Manufacturing
Employment Type:
Full-time
Job Description:
Under general supervision, provide color matching, formulating, and small batch blending support on-site at the given customer location. Produce and provide quality control (QC) for inks to ensure the products meet or exceed the customer’s expectations. Maintain detailed production and quality control records. Support customer’s schedule through production coordination. Work safely and maintain good housekeeping. Provide strong press side technical service, troubleshoot problems and provide detailed and consistent technical reporting.
Functions/Responsibilities:
Desired Skills and Experience:
Sun Chemical
Company Description:
Sun Chemical is a recognized leader in printing inks, coatings and supplies for the packaging, publication, commercial, industrial, and digital markets and introduces solutions that enable marketers to better manage their brand colors, protect product integrity through improvements in packaging, and introduce security features that defend against counterfeiting.
Business Industry:
Ink Manufacturer
Job Title:
In Plant Technician II
Experience:
Associate
Job Function:
Manufacturing
Employment Type:
Full-time
Job Description:
Under general supervision, provide color matching, formulating, and small batch blending support on-site at the given customer location. Produce and provide quality control (QC) for inks to ensure the products meet or exceed the customer’s expectations. Maintain detailed production and quality control records. Support customer’s schedule through production coordination. Work safely and maintain good housekeeping. Provide strong press side technical service, troubleshoot problems and provide detailed and consistent technical reporting.
Functions/Responsibilities:
- Matches colors and formulates ink to customer specification with economical use of color base combinations.
- Selects bases and vehicles so that inks formulated meet or exceed customer needs, regarding such qualities as color, fade resistance, odor, rub resistance, coating compatibility, printing methods, viscosity, tack, grind, etc.
- Prepares formula, supervises and participates in weighing out necessary ingredients, mixing and milling all inks to be produced at in-plant operation.
- Performs standard quality control tests to ensure inks meet or exceed customer specifications.
- Prepares draw-downs and displays for color comparisons.
- Furnishes press side technical services as required to adjust problems such as shade, color, body, stripping, bleeding, skinning, and assisting with press related problems. Performs troubleshooting.
- Orders inks, coatings and raw materials. Maintain inventory levels. Uses Sun Chemical’s and customer’s computer systems.
- Identifies press returns and learns work-off of materials to ensure low dormancy levels.
- Maintains housekeeping standards and follows all safety policies and procedures.
- Provides monthly activity report to manager on all monthly in-plant activities including total number of batches, color matches and trials.
Desired Skills and Experience:
- 3-5 years pressroom or ink experience, specifically with flexo-solvent based applications.
- Excellent verbal, written communication and coordination skills required to anticipate and react to customer needs and maintain a strong customer focus.
- Knowledge of company’s products, press operation and capabilities, raw material properties and pigments.
- Must have a strong understanding of color management.
- Must possess good mathematical skill to properly weigh and adjust batches as required.
- Creative problem solving skills are a must in order to be successful in the troubleshooting aspect of this role.
- Computer literate. Proficient with MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Must be well versed in a variety of dispensing software platforms (i.e. SPEC, Novaflow, Mixmaster, etc…) and color matching technologies (i.e. X-Rite, SunMatch, etc…).
- Must also have strong pressroom and printing process knowledge.
- Ability to lift up to 50+ lbs.