Printing and Reprographics Specialist (Bindery)

The United States Senate Sergeant at Arms is seeking a qualified Printing and Reprographics Specialist within the Printing section of Printing, Graphics and Direct Mail.  The hours of work are 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. in the Landover Print facility.

Function:

The United States Senate Sergeant at Arms, Printing, Graphics and Direct Mail provides Senate offices a full range of binding and finishing services that offers unique, custom and professional products, which supports the Senate day-to-day operations.  The service provides finishing products, such as die-cutting, foil stamping, embossing, laminating, collating, hole-drilling, trimming, scoring, tabbing, padding, booklet making, as well as basic and unique folding (Z folds, gatefolds, French folds, roll folds) and special coatings (Varnish). The service also provides binding products, such as comb binding for proposals and presentations; Saddle stitching for multipage brochures; Coil binding for plastic spiral binding of booklets; Perfect binding for books and magazines.

Binding and Finishing Equipment:

Candidate should be able to operate the following equipment or similar, specifically related to bindery and finishing of printed material:

•    Baum 714 Friction Feed Table Top, Baum 18, Baum 2020 and Heidelberg SthalFolders

•    Pitney Bowes 10 Series and Mailcrafter 9800 Series Inserters

•    Bourg Modular 10 station and Bourg Tower Collators

•    Muller Martini Perfect and Horizon BQ-270 Perfect Binders

•    Saber Programmable and Polar Programmable Cutters

•    Beseler Shrink Wrap and HSB-34 Bander equipment

•    Alleghany Cross Cut Paper Shredder

•    Challenge Paddy-Wagon Padding Press

•    Challenge Paper Drilling Machine                

Skill Set and Experience:

Candidates should be mechanically inclined and able to maintain, operate and repair finishing and binding equipment, as well as possessing knowledge of all bindery services. Candidates should be able to work independently, while meeting production deadlines within a high volume production environment. Candidates should have a minimum of 3-5 years’ of experience as a journeyman within the bindery and finishing industry.  

To apply for this position, click/visit https://sen.gov/5v5v and complete the SAA online employment application and upload a current resume/cover letter.

If you need an accommodation to submit an application for this position, send an email to  employment@saa.senate.gov with “accommodation” in the subject line.

The Deadline for this position is January 31, 2019.

*Hiring for this position is governed by the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act*