Press Operators will be required to operate and maintain press components and controls, quickly grasp a thorough understanding of every facet of the pressroom, maintain a commitment to quality and work within a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Training for this position will be on first shift Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:00pm. Once training is completed will move to second shift Monday-Friday 4 or 5pm-12 or 1am. based on work load.
Required: Background check, pre-employment drug screen (Safety Sensitive), valid driver's license.
Key Responsibilities
- Makes paster patterns and operates paster controls to load pasters and operate splicing sequence.
- Spot plates according to job press order, mount plates involving reaching in and mounting plates into the slot lock up accurate
- Manually lead webs with different web configurations involving reaching in and over to guide press webs over rollers through press units, across superstructure rollers to press folder based on specific press configuration
- Stir ink, check viscosity and monitor ink feed functions to printing units before and during press run.
- Clean press, pipe rollers, press cylinder blankets with cleaning solvents and wipes up any ink spills
- Responsible for setting up and maintaining the operation of presses before and during press runs.
- Expected to handle routine job tasks on a day to day basis, maintaining accuracy while meeting deadlines.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Ability to follow all Company policies and procedures including but not limited to attendance standards.
- Mechanical skill helpful
- The ability to effectively communicate and interact personally with staff, other departments and other employees of the organization professionally
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Ability to read, comprehend and write simple instructions, short correspondences, and memos
Education & Experience
- High School Diploma or GED
- Press or printing experience preferred, but not required
Why Join Us?
We offer competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.
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