What are the responsibilities and job description for the Press Operator Assistant position at PROAMPAC?
Join a great team and work in a great location with a newly air-conditioned plant in Cheektowaga, NY. We offer competitive pay for this job at $18 to start plus shift differential, career progression to a higher role and benefits too. We are looking for help on 2nd shift. Hours on 2nd shift are Mon - Fri 2:30PM to 10:45PM.
Come join ProAmpac who is one of the largest suppliers of consumer packaging products.
ProAmpac offers a full benefits package!
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Paid parental leave
- Life Insurance
- 401k with generous company match
- Paid vacation
- 11 paid holidays
- Safety shoe allotment
- Generous employee referral program
- ProAmpac’s Employee Assistance Fund, and much, much more.
Job Responsibilities:
- Assists in printing operation and works with the Operator to create a quality product according to our customers' specifications. This may include duties such as tightening shafts, pouring solvents, wrapping skids, checking tear sheets, and observing webs on the Printing Press.
- Inspects the print job to ensure the highest quality and coordinates efforts to efficiently run the job.
- Works with inks and utilizes the proper ink for individual work orders. This includes checking the viscosity of inks, maintaining color and proper quantities of ink and solvent appropriate for the job being run.
- Prepares for the next production run by supplying the Press with ink, cores, and rolls.
- Ensures and monitors Inks to keep press running.
- Keeps the press area organized, swept, helps to clean presses and clear of debris.
- High school diploma or equivalent education.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds repeatedly during the shift.
- Excellent communication, organizational and multi-tasking skills to facilitate shift to shift communication with Assistant Printers, Printer Operators and Production Supervisors and Leads.
- Ability to read, comprehend and write simple correspondence is necessary.
- The Assistant is expected to read and interpret job orders to successfully and correctly set up and assist in running the product, in accordance with customer requirements.
- A good eye for color required, graphic design experience is helpful and preferred
- Ability to perform simple math equations.
- Strong ability to read a tape measure accurately required.
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