About This Role
This Prepress Technician role is essential for ensuring customer artwork is ready for production, supporting quality and efficiency across litho, flexo, and digital printing. It suits a detail-oriented and dedicated individual with a passion for precision and quality control who thrives in a collaborative environment.
Responsibilities
- Review and pre-flight artwork: Check customer-provided files for quality and printability on various presses
- Prepare files for production: Create proofs and production files, making any customer-requested changes
- Build templates and layouts: Develop art templates, dielines, and layouts for lithographic printing
- Quality control: Conduct manual and electronic quality checks using tools like Esko Viewer and Global Vision
- Manage workload: Self-manage priorities, balancing proofs and production work to meet press schedules
- Communicate with customers: Work closely with internal teams and external customers to resolve any file issues, missing files, or adjustments needed to meet production standards
- Adhere to standards and policies: Follow all departmental SOPs, company GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices), safety rules, and attendance policies to maintain a safe, efficient, and compliant work environment
Requirements
- Technical skills: Experience with Esko workflows, color software like GMG, and imposition programs; solid understanding of Mac OS (PC knowledge is a bonus)
- File management: Comfortable with Dropbox, WeTransfer, Google Drive, FTP, and other file transfer methods
- Math skills: Ability to handle basic math functions
- Organization and time management: Highly organized and able to work efficiently under tight schedules
Nice to have:
- Familiarity with pharmaceutical industry standards
- Experience with color management
- Knowledge of file formats for both Mac and PC
Benefits
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision care
- Comprehensive benefits to keep you and your family healthy
- Travel insurance
- Paramedical benefits
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Opportunities for professional growth and advancement
- Profit sharing (where eligible)
- Stable, long-term opportunity
- Employer-supported retirement savings options