Print Production Specialist (Cutting)
Description
This role works an afternoon / evening shift with the hours of work being 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
The Role
They call you a machine. In reality, you mostly run machines. Several at a time, in fact. The nickname comes from the fact that you treat every day as a race against yourself. Every personal best is a challenge to overcome - typically by the time your next shift rolls around. When you first started, you were producing six hundred units per day. Now? Over a thousand. Self-improvement is satisfaction enough, but the real icing on the cake? It's the fact that everything you create ultimately feeds the demands of our millions of adoring cult-like fans. That's what gets you out of bed in the morning. You're not a machine, you just seem like one. In reality, you're a Print Production Specialist at dbrand.
Of course, you didn't start out that way. You didn't have an iota of large format print experience when you joined up. You started small, just running some flatbed cutters. As you grew and gained experience, you moved on to other disciplines: lamination, print operations, prepress... all you needed to do was show an aptitude and a desire to learn - after that, it was just a matter of time before you knew how to run every machine in our production facility.
Do the above paragraphs describe you? Of course not. You don't work here... yet. We can change that. Who you are is irrelevant. What we care about is who you'll be, when given the tools, knowledge, and agency that will enable you to succeed. We need motivated, adaptable, and dedicated individuals who are committed to excellence, so that we can mold them into the Print Production Specialists of tomorrow. If that's not you, save us all some time and close this tab. If you're still with us... maybe those paragraphs describe you after all.
The Environment
The Environment
At dbrand, expect a clean, modern, well-lit facility with organized material staging and machines that are actually maintained. The production floor? You could eat off it. Should you? Who can say. We're not scientists. Instead, we're a team who works hard and plays hard.
What's in it for you? Nobody downstream can fix a bad cut. The quality of our entire product line runs through your machines. That's not a burden — that's leverage.
Before you get your hands on those machines, you'll need to prove yourself. Let's see if you've got what it takes…
The Characteristics
- Agile: You’re nimble. You’re adaptable. You thrive in an environment where priorities can change in an instant.
- Analytical: Your decisions are driven by only one thing: data. You continue to master all the tools necessary to surface insights.
- Collaborative: You enjoy purposeful meetings. You value the contributions and perspectives of your colleagues as much as you do your CEO.
- Curious: You’re eager to learn new concepts and master new skills. There’s no useless tool in your arsenal.
- Disciplined: You never allow the details to slip, understanding that every bit of minutiae forms the bigger picture.
- Enthusiastic: You exhibit a contagious passion for solving problems OR finding solutions.
- Innovative: You develop new approaches to complex problems.
- Perfectionist: You persist until the smallest detail has been optimized. Giving less than 100% is not an option.
- Persistent: You’ve never failed. You’ve only experienced speed bumps on your path to success.
- Reliable: You live up to both verbal and written agreements. You can be trusted to work effectively, without oversight.
The Responsibilities and Qualifications
The Responsibilities
In order to make a positive impact as part of our team, your focus in this role will be to:
Flatbed Cutting
- Operate Summa flatbed cutters for high precision contour cutting of vinyl skins.
- Run multiple beds concurrently, keeping machines loaded and cutting.
- Load and align laminated sheets, and verify registration before every run.
- Select and run the correct cut file against the manufacturing order and product.
- Identify and correct registration drift, blade depth, and material feed issues.
- Escalate faults that require service rather than continuing to run on a compromised machine.
Lamination
- Operate laminators and change laminate rolls across material and finish types.
- Match laminate to material per the bill of materials.
- Monitor output for bubbles, wrinkles, debris and edge lift, and correct at source.
- Maintain laminated stock levels so cutting is not starved.
Quality Control
- Inspect output against QC standards before it moves to finishing.
- Make accept and reject decisions and log defects accurately.
- Report recurring defects as patterns, not one-offs, so root causes get addressed.
Production System Discipline
- Scan Start and Stop on every work order, at the time the work actually happens.
- Work manufacturing orders in the priority order set by morning planning.
- Never leave an open work order on a machine.
- Bin completed product to the correct location.
- Understand that reporting, capacity planning and out-of-stock response all depend on this data being right. Guessing at timestamps isn't a shortcut — it's sabotage with extra steps.
Maintenance and Housekeeping
- Perform daily and weekly cleaning on cutters and laminators.
- Change blades, maintain cutting mats, and replace consumables.
- Log maintenance activity and report equipment issues promptly.
- Keep work areas and material staging organized.
The Qualifications
- Mechanically inclined and comfortable operating production equipment.
- Consistent attention to detail, particularly on alignment and registration work.
- Able to follow written process accurately without close supervision.
- Comfortable with basic computer use and barcode scanning systems.
- Able to handle and move material rolls and sheets.
- Reliable attendance and timekeeping on a fixed shift.
- Willingness to cross-train across cutting, lamination and printing.
- Prior manufacturing or finishing experience is an asset. Large format print experience is not required.
The Moment of Truth
The job starts between $45,000 and $49,000 per year based on experience, with health, dental, vision, GRSP, and profit-sharing benefits. The position is on-site and our HQ is located a few minutes west of Pearson Airport.
Still think you have what it takes to thrive in our agile, high-growth, fast-paced environment?
To be perfectly honest, we doubt it.
You’re welcome to prove us wrong.
Vacancy Disclosure: This is a backfill role.
About dbrand
Company Information
Since 11-11-11, dbrand has been the global leader in protection and customization for consumer electronics. How did we do it? The best summary we can give is our brand promise: "It's not a product. It's a culture.™" For us, making best-in-class products is just the beginning. What elevates dbrand over the competition is our focus on the finer details: personalized brand interactions, unrivaled customer support, and a social media presence that's often imitated but never matched.
Our core values, the ones that have accelerated dbrand from a basement operation to the pervasive eCommerce brand it is today, are focused around an aggressively competitive mindset. By joining our team, you'll surround yourself with colleagues who endlessly pursue perfection and thrive on performance optimization.
dbrand welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for all candidates, at every stage of the recruitment process - no exceptions. All of our employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, performance, and business needs. As an equal opportunity employer, dbrand embraces diversity and has no tolerance for discrimination. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment based on mutual respect. Everyone is valuable and we are proud of our differences - they serve only to elevate us. dbrand does not make use of AI in the process of screening, assessing, or selecting candidates. The option is yours: work together, or work alone... for a different company.
