Descripción
We are hiring a Digital Print Supervisor to lead the digital decoration department. This person owns output, quality, and uptime across a multi-technology print floor: wide-format dye sublimation, digital cylindrical, UV flatbed, DTF, UV DTF, and heat transfer.
The right candidate has run these processes at production volume, can diagnose a print defect at the machine, and can train and hold a crew to a standard.
Responsibilities
● Supervise daily production across all digital print processes; assign work, set priorities, and hit daily output targets
● Own print quality: approve first articles, enforce color standards, manage reprints and root-cause defects
● Drive machine uptime through preventive maintenance schedules and fast first-line troubleshooting
● Train, cross-train, and evaluate operators; build a bench so no machine has a single point of failure
● Manage ink, film, paper, and consumable usage; reduce waste and scrap
● Partner with Art/Prepress, Scheduling, and Quality on job feasibility and artwork readiness
● Enforce safety standards, PPE, chemical handling, and ventilation requirements
● Document and maintain standard operating procedures for every process
● Report on output, scrap, downtime, and throughput
Required Experience
● 5+ years hands-on digital printing experience in a production environment
● 2+ years in a supervisory or lead role over a print team
● Demonstrated working knowledge in all of the following categories:
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Category
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What we expect you to know
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Wide-format dye sublimation
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Roll-to-roll operation, transfer paper, calendar/heat press transfer, color management on polyester substrates
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Digital cylindrical / rotary
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Setup and fixturing of drinkware and round goods, alignment, cure
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UV flatbed / direct-to-object
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Jigging, height/gap control, white ink and varnish layers, adhesion and pretreat
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DTF (direct-to-film)
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Film, powder application, cure profiles, press parameters
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UV DTF
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Film handling, lamination, UV cure, adhesion on hard goods
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Heat transfer
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Press time/temp/pressure control, transfer troubleshooting, substrate limits
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● Ink chemistry and substrate compatibility (UV, sublimation, pigment)
● Printhead maintenance, nozzle checks, purge/flush routines, capping station care
● Color management: ICC profiles, print calibration, spot/Pantone matching
● RIP software experience (we run several — Wasatch, ONYX, Caldera, Flexi). Fluency in any one is acceptable
● Bilingual English/Spanish