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Bindery Assistant

Buffalo Grove, IL, us💼 Full-time💰 $17–$17🗓 2026-09-01 → 2026-09-25

Core

Assist bindery operators in setting up, adjusting, and maintaining complex binding equipment to process paper and other materials.

Role type

Bindery Assistant

Builds

Bound documents, mailings, and packaged materials for clients

Domain

Printing and packaging

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Equipment setup and adjustment, paper handling and collating, hand tool usage, basic arithmetic and fractions, daily machine maintenance

Preferred skills

Knowledge of ink jet and mailing devices, power folders, power collators, power cutters, speed binders, in-line cover-inserters

Technologies

Ink jet devices, mailing devices, power folders, power collators, power cutters, speed binders, in-line cover-inserters, staplers, punches, drills, binding-glue devices

Responsibilities

Set up and adjust binding equipment for different paper sizes and thicknesses, monitor operations to maintain tolerances, perform daily cleaning and lubrication, hand collate and stack paper, interpret job orders

Seniority

Entry-level, hands-on IC

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