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Offline inkbrigade

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Production Manager wanted- Portland, OR
« on: March 30, 2017, 05:15:34 PM »
We are a small-ish but growing screen printing shop with a reputation for high quality prints, on time delivery, and superior customer service looking for a highly skilled Production Manager to oversee the production crew at our textile screen printing shop in Portland, OR.

We run 2 M&R autos and 1 M&R manual. You must have experience working with automatic screen printing presses, preferably M&R. Must have advanced printing experience with the many varieties of cloth textiles that come through our shop. We want a print nerd that will eat, sleep and breath this job. You need to be a very dedicated to providing the top notch quality prints that our clients have come to expect from us. This is a Monday- Friday 8:30am-5pm job however, as production manager if jobs require additional hours or weekend shifts you will be expected to do what it takes to get the job done.

This position will entail job scheduling, meeting production deadlines, approving jobs, working with the sales team to ensure customer expectations are met, managing all aspects of production flow including screen room, press operation, ink area, quality control, ensuring jobs are pulled and packed to spec, holding weekly production meetings, trouble shooting, implementing systems/techniques to increase productivity, etc. You will be carrying out supervisory responsibilities including; training employees, planning, assigning and directing work, appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees, addressing complaints and resolving problems.

We are not a large shop, currently we have 10 employees. This means you would be expected to hop in and get your hands dirty as needed which would include but would not be limited to operating the presses, mixing ink, registering jobs, counting, stacking, boxing jobs etc. basically whatever it takes to get the jobs done and out the door efficiently.

You need to be an excellent verbal communicator at all levels and with different sizes of audiences. Have the ability to reason and make sound judgement calls. You must be able to manage conflict through assertive and decisive behavior while maintaining composure in difficult situations. We need someone that can stay cool, calm and collected while managing a fast paced environment and who treats our employees with the respect they deserve. We are looking for a leader (someone that teaches and leads by example), not a "boss".

Requirements:
4+ years at a textile screen printing shop that used automatic presses (ideally M&R)
Personal experience operating presses
**Management experience** this is very important
Mastery in the print mediums of plastisol, discharge and water based inks
Good eye for detail and color
Multitasking skills
Press trouble shooting skills
Strong interpersonal skills
Must be able to be on feet for entire day
Must be able to lift 45 lbs


The ideal candidate would also have experience with:
Specialty inks
Direct to Screen
M&R Triloc registration system
Newman Roller Frames / Rollermaster
Experience with Illustrator and Photoshop is also a plus but not a necessity

This position is open immediately.

Starting pay is $40,000/year

To apply please provide cover letter detailing your qualifications and giving us some insight about who you are as well as a full resume with references and send to jennifer@inkbrigade.com
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Re: Production Manager wanted- Portland, OR
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2017, 05:24:05 PM »
These are some real good people. If I weren't stuck here, I know I'd like working with/for them.
Barth Gimble

Printing  (not well) for 35 years. Strong in licensed sports apparel. Plastisol printer. Located in Cedar Rapids, IA

Offline Colin

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Re: Production Manager wanted- Portland, OR
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2017, 06:31:21 PM »
I second Bimm.

Jenn and Jamie are great people.  Go Apply!!!
Been in the industry since 1996.  5+ years with QCM Inks.  Been a part of shops of all sizes and abilities both as a printer and as an Artist/separator.  I am now the Ink and Chemical Product Manager at Ryonet.

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Re: Production Manager wanted- Portland, OR
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2017, 07:30:24 AM »
I agree 100%  :)

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Re: Production Manager wanted- Portland, OR
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2017, 12:39:33 PM »
Aww shucks you guys! Thank you thank you!
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Re: Production Manager wanted- Portland, OR
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2017, 04:53:31 PM »
I would be lucky to find a press operator for 40k a year considering the overtime. This is in SC.

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Re: Production Manager wanted- Portland, OR
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2017, 07:02:41 AM »
$40k. That sounds so low to me, but I'm in OZ. I understand we are talking chalk and cheese but my press operators are on 50-60k.(AUD) Thats a 38 hour week, no other responsibilities. Any overtime is time and a half. It's a scary wage payday down under.

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Re: Production Manager wanted- Portland, OR
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2017, 09:05:00 AM »
Current currency values puts one U.S. dollar $1 worth $1.32 Australian dollars.

So, 40k = 53k Australia.

40k = about $19.25 an hour, so, $25.50 an hour Australian.

How big is your actual shop?
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Re: Production Manager wanted- Portland, OR
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2017, 07:24:47 AM »
Current currency values puts one U.S. dollar $1 worth $1.32 Australian dollars.

So, 40k = 53k Australia.

40k = about $19.25 an hour, so, $25.50 an hour Australian.

How big is your actual shop?

Fairly small shop I guess. We have 3 autos and 15 full time staff at the moment. We just laid off 2 casuals as we move into the colder months.
Like I said, it's chalk and cheese. Impossible to compare really. Happy to share some more details though. It's interesting.

My second best printer is on $60k(AUD). He is a press operator, not a production manager.
I have no idea how you pay your guys in the States but annually he also gets 4 weeks paid leave, 2 weeks paid sick leave and we pay another 9% of his wage in compulsory superannuation. Thats a 38 hour week. Any overtime is time and a half.

So is $19 an hour for a production manager standard?

It seams quite low to me.



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Re: Production Manager wanted- Portland, OR
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2017, 09:04:20 AM »

Fairly small shop I guess. We have 3 autos and 15 full time staff at the moment. We just laid off 2 casuals as we move into the colder months.
Like I said, it's chalk and cheese. Impossible to compare really. Happy to share some more details though. It's interesting.

My second best printer is on $60k(AUD). He is a press operator, not a production manager.
I have no idea how you pay your guys in the States but annually he also gets 4 weeks paid leave, 2 weeks paid sick leave and we pay another 9% of his wage in compulsory superannuation. Thats a 38 hour week. Any overtime is time and a half.

So is $19 an hour for a production manager standard?

It seams quite low to me.

Are you hiring?  ;D
Brett
Squeegee Science
Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Re: Production Manager wanted- Portland, OR
« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2017, 12:05:23 PM »
Poor Jamie here is just trying to hire someone and we go and do this.


Aside from exchange rate, there's also cost of living. I'm going to guess that many things
are significantly more expensive down there, being an island and all.

My bro lived in NZ and a litre of petrol was so expensive people fished from jet skis!

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Re: Production Manager wanted- Portland, OR
« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2017, 12:12:21 PM »
Australia is a continent, not an island...

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Re: Production Manager wanted- Portland, OR
« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2017, 12:15:08 PM »
Australia is a continent, not an island...

Okay sorry to offend, we're all islands, but by comparison....

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Re: Production Manager wanted- Portland, OR
« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2017, 12:57:01 PM »
No offense taken - just being the geography police  ;D

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Re: Production Manager wanted- Portland, OR
« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2017, 12:59:09 PM »
I had to look up the difference. Learn something new every day.