Folder Gluer Operator

Company: Quad
Location: Big Bend
Posted on: May 13, 2025

Job Description:

As a global marketing experience company, Quad's goal is to help our clients win every day. We use our data-driven integrated marketing and manufacturing platform to streamline solutions for our clients, reduce friction and enhance their marketing spend effectiveness. We've built a rich legacy by believing in our people, allowing them to act like owners and to take charge of their own success. Whether an operator, sales rep, a graphic artist or a clinician, we're all driven to perform at our best- for ourselves and our clients. At our core, we're a company that believes we can always create a better way.

Unleash Your Potential at Quad - Don't Miss Out!
Ready to -supercharge your career -and make a lasting impact? At Quad, we're excited to welcome ambitious individuals who are driven to excel as a Folder/Gluer Operator. Are you mechanically inclined or maintenance-savvy? Ready to take on a new challenge? Look no further! We're on the hunt for motivated, detail-oriented individuals to join our vibrant team in -Franklin, WI. - Your adventure to success begins now - grab this opportunity!
The Operator performs set-up and operates the machine to automatically fold, glue, and affix inserts and/or outserts, security tags, and adhesive labels on preprinted stock to ensure that production accurately meets the customer job order. - -Wages start at $19 or more per hour for those with previous folder/gluer experience. - -
This plant operates a 10-hour shift schedule, and our open shift option is below. -Please note that hours are subject to change to working either 8-hour or 12-hour shifts, due to production needs. -
We have openings on this shift:
3 pm - 1 am Monday- Thursday + $1.50 shift premium. -
Our 250,000 sq. ft. facility in Franklin, WI is a state-of-the-art packaging plant that serves a diverse range of clients, including local breweries, grocery stores, yogurt producers, automotive part suppliers, and well-known battery brands. We offer Sheetfed offset, and narrow-web flexo, along with die cutting and custom folding/gluing, all supported by advanced inline quality control systems. -
The facility is well-lit with both natural and artificial lighting, -climate-controlled, and impeccably clean. We take great pride in fostering a friendly, team-oriented atmosphere where everyone collaborates to achieve our goals!
Headquartered in Wisconsin, Quad is a global marketing experience company, that helps brands connect with consumers through state-of-the-art technology and data-driven intelligence. With approximately 12,000 employees in 14 countries, we serve around 2,500 clients, including industry-leading blue-chip companies that serve both business and consumers in multiple industry verticals, with particular focus on commerce, including retail, consumer packaged goods, and direct-to-consumer; financial services, and health. - Quad is ranked among the largest agency companies in the U.S. by Ad Age, buoyed by its full service media agency, Rise, and creative agency, Betty. - Quad is also one of the largest commercial printers in North America, according to Printing Impressions. -
Job Duties:

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• Performs make-ready functions.
  
• Production: Activate process; monitor production and adjust machine during production run as required. Synchronize the speed of the machine to maximize the crew's output.
  
• Perform and/or arrange for preventative maintenance according to schedule.
  
• Record router information and information for daily production sheets such as time spent on specific tasks, number of items produced, etc.
  
• Operators frequently operate and oversee the operation of more than one feeder/gluer operation at one time.
  
• Occasionally train workers on the Folding and Gluing Machine operations and the feeding and take-off functions.
  
• Cross-train as assigned.
  
• EXAMPLES OF POWERED EQUIPMENT USED: Folding and gluing machines, automatic sealing equipment, Inserters, Tape Heads, computers, trash compactor, automatic labelers (EAM), and roller-conveyor table. -
  
  Required Qualifications:
  
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  • Previous Folder/Gluer experience required. -
    
  • Able to perform work-related functions requiring the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
    
  • Read, speak, and understand the English language sufficient to interpret instructions, job orders, production sheets, and work-related documents.
    
  • Able to communicate problems and malfunctions to co-workers and lead/management.
    
  • Familiar with production and processing. Understands inputs, outputs, raw materials, waste, quality control, costs, and techniques for maximizing the manufacture and distribution of goods. Able to analyze needs and production requirements.
    
  • Troubleshooting experience and skill sufficient to analyze the process, determine what is causing an operating error and/or identify what must be changed, and generate some possible solutions and/or use logic and analysis to decide what to do about it. -
    
  • Candidates MUST be on time and reliable. -
    
  • Must be able to lift 10-15 pounds continuously, up to 50 pounds occasionally throughout the shift. -
    
    
    
    We offer excellent benefits to eligible employees, including 401(k), holidays, vacations and more.
    
    
    
    
    
    Quad is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a place of belonging - a space where employees do not need to sacrifice who they are to exist and grow in our workplace. Quad does not discriminate on any unlawful basis including race, religion, color, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Quad also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.
    
    
    
    
    
    Drug-Free Workplace
    

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