Label Design Specialist - A.W. Chesterton Company

Overview

For 140 years, A.W. Chesterton has been an innovator and a knowledge provider for our industrial partners around the globe. From our ground-breaking split seal technologies, to our cutting-edge packing and lubricant solutions, we are continually focused on new ways to bring solutions to our customers, while also celebrating our own rich history and our unique place in the sealing industry.

Our Operations professionals manage and support the creation of our world-class flow control products in a low-volume, high mix manufacturing environment. These folks are our manufacturing leaders - shop managers, purchasing professionals, production and demand planners, engineers, and quality professionals who value working with other top manufacturing professionals and helping solve complex production problems. In addition to a work environment that promotes learning and promote-from-within opportunities, we understand what matters to our production workers: competitive, market-drive pay, outstanding benefits, and a stable and dependable job place supported by over 140 years of being in business. If you are looking for a place to call home in your next manufacturing role, come and explore all that Chesterton has to offer!

Our benefits offering include:

• “Work Today, get paid tomorrow” - withdraw up to 30% of your earned daily wages the next day after you work rather than waiting for pay day!
• Chesterton Student Loan Repayment Program
• BCBS Medical Coverage
• Delta Dental
• 401K savings plan with a Chesterton contribution
• PTO including vacation sick, time, 11 paid holidays, and paid to time off to volunteer for causes
• Vision insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Short-term disability and long-term disability insurance
• HSA & FSA options to cover additional medical costs
• Parental leave for moms and dads to be
• Hiring referral bonuses (up to $3,000 for select roles)
• A host of other fringe benefits including legal services, pet insurance, Chesterton relief fund for employees in need, and more!

Job Summary:

The Labeling Design Specialist will assist the Operations organization in the production of product labels and product related literature. Assist engineering, marketing, and operations with new product introductions and/or product changes. Support labeling equipment needs such as maintenance and troubleshooting.

Job Model:  Hybrid

All fully remote positions will require you to travel on site 2-4 times per month depending upon business needs at your own expense.

Hybrid positions will require employees to work both on-site and remote each week under a schedule that has been determined and agreed upon by you and your manager.

On-Site positions will require employees to work on-site for each of their scheduled shifts.

Responsibilities: 

• Work with engineering, marketing, and production managers to refine label and literature designs.

• Collaborate with other graphic designers, developers, and compliance to ensure requirements and regulations are met relative to raw material composition.

• Responsible for updating electronic art files for installation instructions, data sheets, and product labels across the campus.

• Responsible for processing/completing Printed Material Change Notifications within Chesterton system.

• Coordinate language translation of production labels and literature as necessary, which includes communication with external translation service vendors and submission of purchase requests for translation services

• Propose innovative solutions for product label design consolidation.

• Manage label printing equipment upgrade project.

• Understand and implement Chesterton branding requirements; examples include design details such as font size, font type, colors, etc.

• Support labeling process improvements with engineering and operations team.

• Work with labeling software to design, modify and print labels as needed.

• Understand and have the ability to operate labeling equipment.

• Coordinate repairs and troubleshoot labeling equipment functional issues.

• Print labels as required to support business needs when needed.

• Effectively communicate with both our internal IT Team and vendors’ technical support teams as needed to ensure proper functionality of labeling equipment.

• Follow development timelines to ensure projects are completed on time.

• Complete paperwork by following standard operating procedures.

• Conduct training for employees as necessary in an effort to have multiple people that are able to carry out label printing functions.

• This position may also perform other duties related to the successful operation of the Company as requested by the Production and/or Process Engineering Manager.

Complexity of Duties:

• Reports to Process Engineering Manager but works with minimal supervision, while decisions are made based on pre-established policies and procedures, as well as professional experience and judgment.

• Uses professional judgment to determine when a higher level of authority is necessary.

Essential Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Knowledge of a Mac environment and Creative Suite with a focus on Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop (required), and Microsoft products (Outlook/Word/PP/Teams).

• Strong time management, organizational, and multitasking skills.

• Ability to track and report on task status on a weekly basis.

• Ability to accurately proofread and spell.

• Reading, writing and comprehension skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Education and/or Experience:

• 1+ years in manufacturing environment a plus.

• Work history showing progressive responsibility, willingness to accept additional projects or challenges.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent communication skills.

• Excellent problem-solving skills.

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from customers, co- workers and managers.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exist

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, talk or hear and reach with hands and arms. Close vision required and the ability to identify and distinguish color. Must be able to sit and work on a computer for extended periods of time. Moderate noise exists in the daily work environment.

Disclaimer:

A.W. CHESTERTON IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

Targeted pay range: $52,000/yr. - $57,000/yr.Chesterton is committed to paying all its employees in a fair and equitable manner. The pay range associated with this position ($52,000/yr. - $57,000/yr. DOE) is Chesterton's good-faith salary estimate for the presently available position. Please note that the final salary offered for any position will be based on many factors, including but not limited to: candidate qualifications such as education and experience, internal equity, geographical location, and budget. Please note, it is not the company's usual practice to hire near or at the top of a pay range for any position that is available.

All of A.W. Chesterton Company employment is contingent upon successfully passing a background check and the respective medical surveillance requirements.Chesterton is an equal opportunity employer M/F/V/D#LI-DNI