Job Description
1st Shift & 3rd Shift Openings , 12 hour rotating schedule 2-2-3
Flexo Press Operator
The Press Operator role is responsible for the set up and operation of single and multi-color printing presses in accordance with the printing specifications and customer requirements/expectations.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Work indirectly with Quality personnel on a daily basis for quality standards and sign-off.
- Work directly with their TRP/Supervisor to understand and support the goals, plans, and policies of the organization.
- Understand from TRP/Supervisor what steps to go through for verification before a job is taken down.
- Work with TRP/Supervisor to minimize and avoid future backorders, reruns, and flag sheet occurrences.
- Work overtime as requested by management.
- Perform the mandatory daily stretching to contribute to a healthier, safe work environment.
- Keep your press area clean and safe by abiding within the established company cleanliness requirements, AIB, and safety policies and procedures.
- Properly fill out and complete all required paperwork for the job.
- Responsible for verification of job material requirements, copy and color requirements, press diagram sheet and anilox requirements.
- Responsible for following current and any new procedures.
- Read, understand, and follow work instructions for each order, reporting any discrepancies to your TRP/Supervisor for correction.
- Report any necessary maintenance required on the press or auxiliary equipment to your TRP/Supervisor and fill out the required work order.
- Follow and perform all established procedures for quality of product, planning and trouble-shooting each order, requesting help from TRPs/Supervisors as necessary.
- Follow and perform all established procedures for specialized accounts.
- Perform daily preventative maintenance.
- Request direction or additional training as needed.
- Work together as a team to improve and streamline the process with each department.
- May be required to view labels with assistance of strobe light (Warning: Strobe lights may trigger epileptic seizures in persons with photosensitive epilepsy).
- Forward any suggestions or concerns to TRP/Supervisor and work with him/her to improve your ability to run equipment proficiently, reduce waste, increase productivity, reduce set-up times, and/or any additional enhancements to help increase profit and through-put .
- Participate in implementation of process improvement for internal/external customers through data collection, standardized procedures and teamwork.
- Required to work 12 hour shifts; required to work weekends as scheduled on a regular or as-needed basis.