AddressYour team:Newsprinters are the chosen manufacturer for many of the UK’s well known and respected newspapers, we make the news happen on a daily basis. We guarantee quality, reliability and an end-to-end solution that ensures a cost-effective robust route to market.
Your role: You will be at the centre of our print production operations, playing a pivotal role in bringing news and information to the public through high-quality printed materials. This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment where precision, technical expertise, and a commitment to excellence are paramount. You will have the ability to work in a team, setting up and running the press, whilst maintaining quality controls and efficiency KPIs. This is primarily a nightshift role.
Day to day you will:
Maintain the quality and performance of all titles throughout the production run, in-line with editorial and customer expectations
Ability to work collaboratively in group settings on problems relating to product quality
Exercise sound operational judgement, either independently, or under the general direction of Print Production Managers
Perform work based activities requiring strong communication skills, cooperation, instruction and persuasion within a fast paced environment
Provide technical assistance and support to the manufacturing print team management, including the management of materials, records and workplace information. Ensure maintenance, pre/post run checks and cleaning standards are met for all work areas
Provide technical advice to associated staff working with the press team
Participate in programmes for training in quality control concepts and measuring techniques
Assist with trials and development of new products and working practices in accordance with the needs of the business, and focus around continual improvement
Display flexibility in the operational role to help meet production needs
Attend relevant training activities to support learning in the role, and individual personal development
What we’re looking for from you:
Knowledge, combined with practical experience, of the web fed printing process, press operation, set-up, colour desk, plating up procedures.
Strong communication skills with the ability to liaise with multiple stakeholders.
Experience of problem solving and confident decision making in a fast paced environment.
Efficient and accurate reporting skills
Experience of the printer role on a press is essential.
We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, TalkTV and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.
Life at News
Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.
To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 12 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.
Benefits
Some of our benefits include:
Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
Holiday entitlement starts at 5 weeks, in line with the working rota.
We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.
