Flexo Press Operator/Assistants

C-P Flexible Packaging is a successful and fast-growing essential manufacturing company that uses an impressive array of digital pre-press and wide-web flexographic printing capabilities and extrusion and adhesive laminators to produce creative flexible packaging solutions for our customers. With a primary focus on serving the food industry, C-P specializes in roll stock, pouches, re-sealable packaging and shrink sleeves.
Due to the continued growth and expansion of CP Flexible Packaging, we are looking for both experienced Printing Press Operators and Assistant Press Operators to join our Press team.
Press Operators set up and run flexographic printing presses, while the Assistant Press Operators assist by learning operator duties, cleaning press parts and pumps, assisting with job changes and general housekeeping.
Typical duties of the Operator include:

• Set up and runs press to meet customer and CP Flexible quality specifications.
• Make job changes, which include washing up press, changing cylinders, setting up ink pumps, and running jobs.
• Running press at production speeds of CP Flexible standards.
• Perform quality checks.
• Mix, tone, and adjust inks.
• Maintains safe and orderly work area.
• Directs assistant to make sure quality, production, minor maintenance, housekeeping, and safety needs are met
• Trains new operators in all procedures required operating press.
• Complete production and waste reports.
• Cleaning press, lubrication, and other miscellaneous items as needed. • Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Typical duties of the Assistant Press Operator include:

• Clean doctor blades units for presses
• Clean ink pumps
• Assist with job changes
• Clean curtains
• Assist operators with quality checks and other duties
• General housekeeping duties
• Most importantly - APO's are learning to become operators one day. This is a great opportunity for growth!

Hazardous Waste Duties: (include the following. Other duties may be assigned)

• Operates 90 day accumulation area, including labeling and monitoring for housekeeping and the closure of containers. Must learn correct labeling, storage requirements, inspection methods (including what to inspect for), and all spill response procedures.
• Operates or works with a process that generates hazardous waste. Must properly learn and understand methods of sorting and disposal.
• Operates satellite area, including labeling and monitoring for housekeeping and closure of containers. Must learn correct procedures for this task, including correct labeling operations, rules for container closure, spill response and storage requirements.
• Moves waste from satellite areas to central storage and/or from storage to shipping. Must learn correct procedures for this task, including correct re-labeling operations, rules for container closure and spill response.

Requirements
Qualifications:
Education and /or Experience:

• A high school diploma or general education degree (GED);
• Must have a minimum of 1 year of printing press experience on wide web flexographic presses for the Operator role.
• Must be good with your hands and mechanically inclined.

Language Skills:

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information on one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills:

• The ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent. Ability to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry detailed but uncomplicated written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills:

• Familiar with computer and other various office equipment.

Physical Demands:

• While preforming the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and use hands to finger. The employee is frequently required to sit, handle, feel and reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee, on occasion, must climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors) and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while preforming the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While preforming the duties of the job, the employee is occasionally required to work with fumes or airborne particles and with toxic chemicals.
• The noise level in the work environment is loud (manufacturing floor) and hearing protection is required.

Other Work Requirements:

• Overtime is required.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• 401(k) plan with generous company match
• Bonus program
• Paid vacation and personal days
• Paid holidays
• Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
• Company paid short-term disability coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

AD&D insurance, Disability insurance, Health insurance, Dental insurance, 401(k), Employee assistance program, Vision insurance, 401(k) matching, Prescription drug insurance