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Job Description
Job Title
Printing Services Assistant
Agency
Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
Department
Digital Printing Services
Proposed Minimum Salary
Commensurate
Job Location
Job Type
Staff
Job Description
The Printing Services Assistant, under supervision, handles the preparation, packaging and delivery of finished materials to designated locations within the agency. Assists in support activities to include shipping, finishing, and binding of materials.
This position reports to the Printing Services Technician III.
Required Qualifications:- High school diploma or GED.
Required Licenses/Certifications:- Must have a valid motor vehicle operator’s license or ability to obtain within 30 days of employment.
Preferred Qualifications:- Some professional experience.
- Some higher education experience at an accredited college or university.
- Six months experience working with inventory, shipment preparation, delivery, bindery/finishing, pre-press, and/or press functions.
Physical Requirements:- Significant lifting (up to 50lbs with assistance), carrying, pushing, and/or pulling.
- Significant climbing and balancing; significant stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling.
- Significant fine finger dexterity.
- The job is performed under temperature extremes and under conditions with some exposure to risk of injury and/or illness.
- Ability to use a computer/keyboard.
- Ability to operate machinery, equipment, and delivery vehicle.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:- Effective written and oral communication skills.
- Must be attention-to-detail oriented.
- Ability to plan and prioritize projects to meet tight delivery deadlines.
- Must be a good driver with the ability to operate company vehicle in a safe manner.
Equipment:- Bindery equipment: Hand Coiler, Machine Coiler, Hand Punch, Machine Punch, Shrink Wrapper, Coil Maker, Drill Press, Round Corner, Stitcher, Collator, Paper Cutter.
- Standard office equipment: computer, keyboard, multifunctional printer, telephone.
- Hand/power tools.
- Delivery Vehicle.
Notifications:- This position is security sensitive.
- This position requires compliance with state and federal laws/codes and Texas A&M University System/TEEX regulations and procedures.
- All tasks and job responsibilities must be performed safely without injury to self or others in compliance with System and Agency safety requirements.
- This position may require work beyond normal office hours and/or work on weekends.
- Ability to travel independently to other and/or remote locations by driving a personal.
- This position may require up to 10% travel.
Essential Duties, Tasks, and Percentages:
Performs Bindery and Finishing Work - 70%- Operates bindery equipment to cut, punch, drill, coil and/or bind finished materials.
- Folds, finishes, inserts, staples, trims, and wraps finished materials.
- Prepares finished materials for delivery according to job specifications.
- Makes booklets according to job specifications.
- Makes coil.
- Inspects all work of finished work to ensure adherence to quality standards.
Packages and Delivers Materials - 20%- Assembles cardboard containers or selects preassembled containers.
- Inserts items into containers, using shrink wrap, spacers, fillers, and protective padding.
- Binds containers with plastic tape, using strapping machine.
- Affixes shipping labels on packed cartons identifying shipping information on cartons.
- Examines outgoing shipments to ensure shipments meet specifications.
- Determines method of shipment, utilizing knowledge of shipping procedures, routes, and rates.
- Posts weights and shipping charges, and affixes postage.
- Maintains inventory of shipping materials and supplies.
- Delivers boxes of finished materials from clients and vendors.
- Transport finished materials to designated sites.
- Meets deadlines as required.
Performs Basic equipment maintenance - 10%- Cleans, adjusts, and makes minor repairs to finishing/bindery equipment.
Other Duties:- Positively interacts with customers and staff.
- Actively participates in team meetings and events.
- Reports to work at designated time and place.
All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.
Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer. - High school diploma or GED.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
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TEEX Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
Show moreIt comes down to saving lives. From providing emergency responders to disasters across the state and nation to developing training and practical workforce solutions, TEEX makes a difference worldwide. More than 174,000 people representing every U.S. state and 109 countries are served annually through on-site and online resources for specialties from homeland security to economic development and workforce training.
Home to some of the world’s top training facilities, the emergency preparedness campus in Bryan/College Station includes the Brayton Fire Training Field, Disaster City® and the Emergency Operations Training Center. Customized TEEX training programs develop practical solutions for each client’s need through hands-on instructional facilities for public utilities, law enforcement and unexploded ordinance training at the home campus or at customer-specified locations worldwide.
Texas A&M Task Force 1 and Texas Task Force 2, the state’s elite urban search and rescue teams, are sponsored by TEEX. Throughout its existence, TX-TF1 has served the state of Texas and the nation by participating in over 100 deployments, completing search and rescue missions with highly trained and qualified personnel.
As part of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium and home to the National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center, TEEX has been leading homeland security training since 1998.
The major TEEX programs include fire and rescue, infrastructure and safety, law enforcement, economic and workforce development, and homeland security. As a member of The Texas A&M University System, TEEX is unique in its ability to access a broad range of emerging research and technical expertise. Beginning with course design and development all the way through hands-on instruction and national certification testing, TEEX delivers comprehensive training through both classroom and hands-on instruction and as online courses. Hosting services for online courses, technical assistance and technology validation, and bilingual training and translation services also are available.
By placing safety and well-being above all and by focusing on prevention and response, TEEX has become a comprehensive training provider through more than 80 years of extension training. Working with other agencies and encouraging involvement has led to better fire safety and emergency response, cleaner drinking water, better roads and infrastructure, improved homeland security, safer workplaces, heightened public safety and security, new therapeutics manufacturing and the evolution of cybersecurity.
Through innovative programs and adaptive outreach, TEEX services are created to train the people who expand the security, occupational and economic development of Texas and beyond.
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