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Swift Staffing

Printing and Scanning Technician (Towson, MD)

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A Pre-Press Technician operates machinery or equipment used in the first stage of a printing process; makes adjustments to layout, color, images, and text before a document is sent to the press.

$45,406 / year median in Maryland

-12% projected decline

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Job Description

Printing and Scanning Technician needed for our government client in Towson. The Printing and Scanning Technician will provide in-house printing services. Six month contract position. The non-negotiable pay rate is $18.00 per hour.
Essential Duties:
Program and prepare jobs for printing, Color printing, Photographic reductions and enlargements, punching, binding and folding. Place orders for printing supplies. Maintain daily print job production logs and daily delivery manifests. Setup, program and release jobs from print queue. Monitor quality of job output for correctness and image quality. Manages the copier leases. Manages vendors for out-sourced printing services. Removing binding elements, locating, and removing obstructions to pages, optimizing pages for capture process, and correctly organizing the files for scanning (based on instruction). Operating and maintaining equipment and capture software, feeding documents, reviewing images for quality, and achieving minimum production requirements. Data Entry (Indexing): Includes alpha/numeric typing and/or capturing of required data (based on instruction). Deleting blank pages that were missed during processing and rotating pages to ensure correct orientation. In some cases, reordering pages will also be required. Checking images and data for quality and accuracy along with the quality of scanned images.
Qualifications:
A High School Diploma or equivalent with 3 plus years of work experience in printing and scanning is required. Ability to lift cartons weighing up to 50 pounds, as required. Must be able to meet deadlines and work independently. Must have strong attention to detail with focus on Quality Control and Indexing. Must be able to use various scanning and viewing equipment and tools to ensure accuracy and quality while meeting goals and requirements. Ability to communicate clearly and effectively is required. Knowledge in the use of Microsoft Office, the Internet, and other internal applications necessary to complete routine and moderately complex tasks is required. Must be able to work from 7:00 am-3:30 pm or 8:00 am-4:30 pm Monday through Friday with availability to work outside of those hours once or twice a year for special projects. We offer weekly pay, health insurance, referral bonuses, a one time longevity bonus, holiday pay and a Roth 401K plan. Certain restrictions apply.