Press operator

• Understanding and proper application of all safety rules, regulations and procedures including proper personal protective equipment and safe manufacturing practices
• Maintain all company health and housekeeping standards
• Review production order to determine proper raw materials needed for production
• Makes recommendations and works with Supervisor to ensure machinery and equipment are in safe and efficient operating condition
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to read and understand work orders or schedule to determine product specifications and materials requirements
• Verifies substrate, ink, plate and cylinder sizes meet specifications
• Consistent monitoring and evaluation the quality of printed material is in conformance to specifications and artwork
• Follows production schedule while being proactive in making recommendation to changes in the schedule
• Meets or exceeds performance goals to ensure scheduled attainment
• Monitors, identifies and communicates quality, maintenance, raw material and other related issues that could or have negatively impacted line performance
• Provides cross-training to other employees ensuring department personnel can obtain skills and knowledge necessary to successfully perform duties and responsibilities of job
• Executes and ensures adherence to Company personnel policies and procedures
• Inputs all necessary information into the Radius ERP system to help monitor production

Performs other related work as required, including :

• Making corrections to avoid expensive losses of paper and ink.
• Change plates, sleeves / cylinders, anilox and ink chambers
• Adjust ink fountain flow rates
• Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials
• Load substrate onto equipment, web through press cylinders, adjusting unwind / rewind tension controls and aligning printing plates as needed
• Clean printing unit cylinders, plates and ink fountains at the completion of each press run or immediately upon an ink spill
• Supports and promotes SQF process
• Monitor environmental factors, such as humidity and temperature, that may impact equipment performance and make necessary adjustments

Job Requirements

• Effective in completion of multi-faceted projects in conjunction with daily activities
• Ability to effectively interact with diverse personalities; tactful, mature, flexible.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs. without assistance and on a frequent basis
• Excellent verbal / written communication skill
• Capable to work with limited supervision
• Resourceful and well organized
• Ability to establish credibility and be decisive while recognizing and supporting the organizations preferences and priorities
• Results-oriented with the ability to balance other business considerations

Last updated : 2024-09-24