Tooling Coordinator

Cenveo is a leading North American manufacturer of envelopes with over 100 years of experience and approximately 30 billion envelopes manufactured annually. We are seeking a Tooling Coordinator with the ability to work on 2nd shift for our envelope manufacturing facility in Chicago, IL.

The schedule is Monday- Friday with occasional overtime / based on business needs with approval.

The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of relevant work experience in tool inspection, make-ready, purchasing, customer service, and inventory in a print/production environment. The incumbent will have solid attention to detail and interpersonal communication skills, and the ability to perform in a high volume work environment with speed and accuracy.

Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, Cenveo provides competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package.

Job Summary

Prepare, inspect, organize, and stage the necessary change parts and materials for all the changeovers in the plant, before the machines are shutdown to perform a changeover. Maintains accurate inventory of parts and supplies ensuring that parts are readily available to be shipped to facilities as requested. May assist in leading production employees to ensure a constant flow of production.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities (*Essential Functions)

These are functions a qualified incumbent or applicant must be able to perform with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Coordinate the staging of job jacket, raw materials, and print plates.
• Accurate change time tracking and documentation
• Making Gummers; Mixing Inks
• Maintain inventory and order change parts; Return of Used Parts & Material
• Development/ Utilization of Make Ready SOP's
• Maintain Tooling Condition (Sharp, Usable); Coordinate the reconditioning of Tooling
• Read and understand written and verbal instructions, specifications and information
• Problem-solving and decision making; consistent communication with manager/teams
• Collaborate with pertinent contacts / departments to achieve goals
• Inspect and monitor quality of products received from other departments or moving to another department, including packaging of materials for shipment to ensure quality standards are met
• Actively support continuous improvement in processes and procedures
• Promote and maintain a clean, safe and organized work area by adhering to Safety Policies
• Responsible for collecting and accurately reporting necessary data
• Performs physical inventories on a regular basis, to verify inventory records and correct discrepancies
• Maintains hazardous chemical documentation and facilitates disposal of hazardous material
• Provide coverage for other positions as needed.

• Minimum related experience required for this position is 3-5 years.
• Practical knowledge and experience of Offset/Flexo equipment/similar parts, inks, and solvents.
• Knowledge of envelope sizes and paper weights and types preferred.
• Minimum education required is a High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Solid math, measuring, and computer skills are required
• Requires excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Industry related experience and mechanical knowledge required.
• Requires ongoing coordination, communication and/or team problem solving between departments or functional areas for work production or service quality.
• Willingness to work overtimes/ other shifts if needed.
• Ability to be innovative and problem solve is required
• Requires contact with other all Functional Areas and outside vendors.

• Ability to keep up with a high-speed delivery output in a standing position for a full shift.
• Mental alertness to stop equipment when jam occurs.
• Ability to step up, reach overhead, and manually feed blanks into machine.
• Requires regularly standing, walking, carrying, climbing, and reaching.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Manual dexterity required to grasp objects; exposure to arm and wrist fatigue.
• Exposure to noise; must wear hearing protection and safety shoes.
• Environment is a printing and manufacturing environment.
• Exposure to dust, ink, solvents, vapors and loud noise.
• Requires frequent bending, standing and walking throughout shift.
• Requires manual dexterity and hand -- eye coordination.
• Must have good color perception. Must be able to view all colors.