Production Print Estimator

The Varsity Yearbook Commercial Print Estimator estimates costs of printing and binding books, periodicals, pamphlets, and other Printed matter, based on specifications outlined on sales orders or submitted by prospective customers, by performing the following duties:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Evaluates customer specifications and needs.

Examines manuscripts, sketches, artwork, and sample layouts in paper and electronic form.

Calculates unit and production costs, considering factors such as size and number of sheets or pages, paper stock requirements, halftones, number and units of colors, ink, binding procedures, and quality of finished product.

Calculates time requirements.

Estimates labor and material cost of specific phase of printing such as plate making or binding.

Determines cost effectiveness and competitive price.

Confers with department heads or production personnel to develop or confirm information regarding various cost elements.

Estimates costs of shipping or mailing finished printed matter if specified on order.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications 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.

Education and/or Experience

Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Database software; Manufacturing software; Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

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 regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision.

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.