Ink / Plate Service Technician

**Position: Ink / Plate Service Technician**
**T**ype: Full Time Permanent**
**Location: Brampton, ON**

DCM is a marketing and business communications partner that helps companies simplify the complex ways they communicate and operate, so they can accomplish more with fewer steps and less effort. DCM serves major brands in key vertical markets, including financial services, retail, healthcare, energy, other regulated industries and the public sector. We integrate seamlessly into our clients’ businesses thanks to our deep understanding of their needs, our use of technology-enabled solutions, and our end-to-end service offering.

Thanks to our locations throughout Canada and in the United States, we are able to meet our clients’ varying needs with scale, speed, and efficiency - no matter how large or complex the ask. And we can do it all with advanced data security, regulatory compliance, and bilingual communications, in digital or print.

We’re looking for an Ink / Plate Service Technician who will be involved with the preparation of required inks/varnishes for production orders prior to being scheduled to press, as required to maintain service levels and reduce downtime. This individual will be maintaining inventories of inks and consumables, custom ink mixing, ink ordering, colour matching, drawdowns for quality control purposes and collaborate with the Press Operators by plate mounting and troubleshooting ink related issues as required.

This role will work Monday to Friday on day shift (7am-3pm).

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Ink Mixing: formulate colours using computerized inking system and scale, compare results to Pantone colour chip or match to sample. When needed, assist Press side on ink related issues.
- Preparing ink drawdowns for each ink mix and retaining of ink samples. Monitor colour consistency. Use of Spectrophotometer to measure Delta E.
- For production orders that require large volumes or specialty inks arrange to place an order through our ink vendor(s).
- Completed ink mixes / orders are staged and recorded in the ink copy folder as to inventory location, quantity. Ink folder is then submitted to the label office prior to scheduling to press.
- Monitor ink/varnish usage & inventories, work off ink inventories through colour alteration mixing, ordering blending inks from Supplier. Mount polymer flexo plates on print cylinders when required. Maintain ink room and storage locations in a safe and clean manner. Proper disposal of waste inks.
- Following company policies & OHSA requirements.

**REQUIREMENTS**:

- Completion of Secondary School Diploma, with strong math abilities
- 1-2 years of experience working in the print industry, working with ink
- Mechanically inclined with hand/eye coordination to distinguish colours
- Strong knowledge of ink mixing and colour matching
- Previous experience using a QC software and forklift experience is an asset
- Ability to lift up to 50lbs as required
- Flexibility to work Monday to Friday on day shift (7am-3pm), with ability to work overtime as required.

DATA Communications Management Corp. is committed to equal employment opportunity, employs and does not discriminate against all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other classification protected by applicable federal and provincial laws. We invite resumes from all qualified applicants. Should you require any accommodation throughout the recruitment and selection process, please inform human resources so that we can ensure your equal participation.