Job Description
Job Description
Any company can offer you a job, but Phenix offers a gratifying career as distinct as our reputation. Through experience, training and career development, our team members are inspired to achieve their goals while positively contributing to Phenix success.
At Phenix, you can learn, grow and succeed. Great teams, benefits, training and perks provide the basis for a rewarding work experience. Conveniently located in Olathe, Kansas (at 119th and Blackbob), Phenix has been leading the printing industry since its founding in 1896. We have a proud history of excellence and rewarding hard work and dedication. With more than 100 team members, Phenix offers plenty of opportunities for our people to succeed. If quality-oriented, dependable, and team-player describe you, we invite you to apply!
Position Summary:
The Production Support Technician (PST) provides assistance to the production team by performing various production tasks as well as maintaining the cleanliness and upkeep of the facility. This function is critical to increasing production uptime and reducing downtime by assisting with live jobs in various work centers, maintaining supplies and consumables, and ensuring a sanitary and organized work environment in the plant.
Essential Functions:
- Assisting with jobs at press:
- Loading stock on the press unwinds. This includes the press, butt splicer, and laminate tower.
- Install/Remove pre mounted plates in press.
- Install/Remove dies and other tooling in press.
- Assist in maintaining supply levels:
- Notify warehouse when stock is needed at press and when materials need to be returned to warehouse.
- Notify ink technician when inks are needed at press and to be returned to ink department.
- Maintain all consumable supplies at press.
- Assist in maintaining the cleanliness of the facility by:
- Cleaning, reassembling, and returning ink pans, aniloxes, doctor blade chambers, etc. to the presses.
- Returning stock and tools to designate return areas.
- Empty all trash receptacles.
- Cleaning of the shop floor, printing presses, rewind machines, and any other components inside or outside Phenix as needed.
Skills and Experience Required:
- Assist in select finishing related tasks as need: assisting in off line finishing process (i.e. shrink wrapping, kitting and fan folding), boxing finished product from finishers into a box.
- Individual must be able to work independently with minimal guidance required. This implies good time management, planning/organization, and decision-making skills.
- Individual must be able to complete any reasonable request of management necessary to effectively operate the department/company.
- Individual must be able to interact effectively with supervisors and peers.
- Individual must be able to perform general physical activities:
- Handling and moving objects
- Apply cleaning solvents
- Clean or wax floors
- Clean rooms or work areas
- Use portable hand spray equipment
- Participation and support of 5S initiatives and activities.
- High school diploma / GED / or equivalent.
- Individual should possess basic math and computer skills.
- English language required.
Physical and Other Requirements:
This job is performed indoors in a temperature and humidity controlled environment. Job tasks are performed in close proximity to other people and include exposure to strobe lights, sounds and noise levels that could be distracting. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, bend or crouch. The employee must frequently stand, walk, talk, and occasionally lift, push, pull and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Specific hearing abilities required by this job include ability to hear alarms and other sensors in a factory environment. Requires use of hands to handle, control or feel objects and operate tools and controls.
Phenix Label is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.