2nd Pressman

Are you an experienced 2nd Pressman looking for a new opportunity?

In this position, you will aid in the envelope printing process to help meet company quality standards while maintaining optimum speeds and minimal downtime

Schedule: Rotating 7 PM-7 AM

Pay Rate: $16/hr

Essential Functions:

• Assist Press Operator with making ready, operating, and maintaining sheet-fed offset printing press. This includes inserting packing sheets on plate cylinders to build-up plates to printing height, fastening reinforcing bars to offset blankets, and installing plates and blankets on press cylinders, using hand tools to achieve the pressure required for printing.
• Adjust press machine parts, such as feeder and delivery mechanisms, suction grippers, guides, feed wheels, and jogging devices.
• Assist in removing and replacing worn rollers and adjusting pressure between rollers of press, using hand tools.
• Wash blankets and clean ink and ink distributing rollers and ink fountains, using ink solvent and cleaning mechanism on press.
• Assist Press Operator by making necessary color or register corrections and/or press adjustments prior to the production run to meet and maintain the quality specifications of the work

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Requires general knowledge of offset printing press work procedures and materials.
• Ability to read and follow job specifications to determine press set-up materials needed to run the job successfully.
• Skill to follow instructions to operate equipment safely and produce the desired product.
• Ability to adjust feeder and feed board (e.g., ability to adjust suctions and blast front and side guides, and the timing of the head stops).
• Skill in performing routine operational maintenance and minor repairs to equipment under the guidance of senior-level Press Operators.

Qualifications:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)
• 2nd Pressman: 2 years (Preferred)

Benefits

Upon conversion, they will offer a competitive salary and benefits that include medical/dental / vision/accident/disability/life insurance, paid vacations, holidays, and 401K.

COVID-19 considerations:
To keep our employees as safe as possible we take temperatures at the beginning of all shifts. Every employee is required to wear a facemask.