Plateroom Assistant

**Build your Career with an Industry Leader**

Multi-Color Corporation manufactures labels for some of the biggest FMCG brand names found on supermarket shelves, bars, restaurants and hotels globally. We also produce premium-quality labels for high-profile brands in the pharmaceutical, durables and home & personal care sectors. Given the fact our labels are applied to wine, spirits, beverage & soft drinks bottles, food packaging, bathroom products, medicine containers, white goods and automotive products, it is likely that you will put your hands on our labels on a daily basis. It is our labels that identify, promote and help sell our customer’s products With 109 manufacturing sites, and 12,000+ employees, we are the Global #1 for prime labels.

We are seeking to appoint a highly production orientated individual, who will assist with managing plates and meeting all production plate mounting requirements.

**The Role**

In this exciting and varied role, you will:

- Receiving plates and quantifying before acknowledging on delivery note.
- Receiving consumables from dispatch and reporting when consumable inventory is low.
- Creating jackets, scribing plates, logging plates received, and filing of new plates as needed.
- Checking daily print targets, retrieving relevant jackets, checking condition of plates, checking availability of colour standards, and customer approved artwork in preparation for mounting operators.
- Logging damaged plates with reasons, and escalating repeat plate requirement to plateroom supervisor.
- Checking all elements are returned to the jacket and correctly filing of all jackets after production is completed.
- Cross referencing production order documents and trial documents, to artworks and plates received.
- Obsoleting old artworks and plates and disposing correctly.
- Checking damaged sleeves daily and quantifying for reporting to Plateroom Supervisor.
- Reporting in Tier 1 and Tier 2 meetings as and when required.

**The Person**
- To succeed in this role you will:

- Must be able to follow instructions - plate room co-ordinator & plate room supervisor.
- Must be a team player that is hands on and willing to fill the gaps that may arise in the plateroom.
- Must be able to work under pressure and can prioritize work, foreseeing any areas where problems may arise and aiding to prevent any interruptions of supply to production.
- Must be computer literate
- Must be meticulous.
- Must be reliable and punctual.
- Well organized, neat and self disciplined.
- Must be able to effectively communicate the needs of the plateroom and themselves, as well as difficulties experiences.
- Must be able to identify opportunities for improvement and be an effective part of the continuous improvement team.
- Must be self driven, willing to consistently learn and able to assist with troubleshooting when plate issues arise on press.
- Advantageous:

- Mounting experience
- Cutting of plates
- General knowledge of plate room processes ( artwork, plates, colour standards etc )
- General knowledge of flexo printing

**Why Multi-Color?**

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- You will work in our modern manufacturing facilities, at the cutting-edge of production-environment innovation; we challenge the status quo and are transforming operations every day.
- You will gain experience in a fast-paced environment, with an ambitious team; we look forwards and continuously improve to be the best we can; we have a strong drive for results.
- You will be part of a team that shares our values of integrity; passion, perseverance, creativity and achievement; we value, respect and champion diversity.
- You will be joining a global and diverse organization that collaborates effectively to find optimal solutions; we focus on our customers and work with them on every step of their journey with us
- You will be part of a team that strives for global sustainability, playing our part in making the world a better place for future generations

**Diversity & Inclusion**
- At MCC, we believe what makes us unique, makes us better. We embrace & care deeply about creating a workplace where our people feel valued and empowered. We are committed to providing an environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We consider our people our best asset and understand the importance of bringing different perspectives. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity/expression or ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage. We encourage & welcome all genders, people of disability, LGBTQI+ community, refugees & people from culturally & linguistic diverse backgrounds to apply.

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