Ink Technician

Job Description

Job title: Ink Technician

Location: Madison, WI

Department: Rotogravure/Liquids

Reports to (Title): Manufacturing Supervisor

1. Job Overview

As an Ink Technician, you will mix inks, adhesives, and coatings to match customer specifications to produce a quality material on our Rotogravure and Lamination presses.

2. Job Dimensions

• •AF Madison has a staff of around 140 co-workers. The Gravure Department is comprised of Ink Dept Lead, ink technicians, Operators, Assistants, and Cylinder Technicians.
• •This position is full-time. Sun-Tue (every other Sat) 6pm-6am, 12-hour shifts
• •This role has no direct reports

2. Principal Accountabilities

Ink Technicians maintain the following accountabilities:

• •Job setup for batch ink mixing
• •Create ink room color standards
• •Return, store, and use press returned inks
• •Formulate color matches for customer approval (proofs)
• •Ability to color match at press site
• •Mix adhesives and coatings
• •Conduct computerized color control
• •Clean and use 6S to organize ink room and dispensing system
• •Maintain and operate solvent distillation equipment
• •Assist with inventory of raw materials
• •Assist Press Assistants & Operators during change overs as time permits
• •All other duties as assigned by Manufacturing Supervisor

4. Qualifications/Requirements

• •Experience with effective color matching, color theory, and spectrophotometry
• •Experience with press-side ink and color troubleshooting
• •High School diploma or equivalent
• •Proficient mathematical skills and knowledge of metric conversion
• •Ability to accurately see color in required
• •Prior ink, lamination and adhesive handling required
• •Prior analytical result evaluation experience preferred
• •Ability to detect and solve problems that may affect the quality of the product, product aesthetics, or product contamination
• •Ability to lift 50 lbs
• •Solid communication skills and ability to work in a team environment
• •Open to a flexible working schedule

Why work at Amcor?

• •Amcor Flexibles Americas is a part of one of the largest global packaging companies in the world. Well diversified product offering, in heavy growth mode, which means more career opportunities locally and internationally
• •Outperformance – A place where you will be challenged and supported to outperform
• •Diversity – Join a global team of over 40 nationalities. Our diversity fuels our creativity, innovation and customer focus
• •Training & Development – Amcor offers support to develop your skills and abilities to maximize your career potential
• •Competitive compensation, bonus potential, excellent benefit package, including medical, dental, vision, life and accident insurance, 401K (match, age and service and profit sharing), tuition reimbursement, wellness program and employee assistance program.

Our Expectations

We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our Values every day to enable the business to win. We are winning when:

• •Our people are engaged and developing as part of a high-performing Amcor team
• •Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor’s quality, service, and innovation
• •Our investors benefit from Amcor’s consistent growth and superior returns
• •The environment is better off because of Amcor’s leadership and products

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

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Amcor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Benefits

When you join Amcor, you will have access to a comprehensive benefits and compensation package that includes:

Medical, dental and vision plans

Paid time off, starting at 40 hours per year for full-time hourly employees, may vary by location

Company-paid holidays starting at 8 days per year and may vary by location

Wellbeing programs & Employee Assistance Program

Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary benefits

Paid Parental Leave

Retirement Savings Plan with company match

Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)

Discretionary bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)