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Looking for a motivated and driven Press Operator to join a Fortune 1000 company located in Streetsboro, OH. This is a great opportunity to operate on world-class products and solutions in the business communications space.
Required Skills:
- 2+ years’ experience operating a printer press (Flexographic Printing Presses)
- Ability to read and follow job specifications to determine press set-up and materials
- Prior experience using micrometers to mount and align the printing plate correctly
- Ability to adjust feeder and feed board, and using micrometers to mount and align printing plates
Additional Skills:
- Marketing, packaging, print, or supply chain industry experience
- Previous experience operating high performing printing machines from start to finish
Job Responsibilities:
- Inserting packing sheets on plate cylinder to build up plate to printing height, fastening reinforcing bars to offset blankets, and installing plates and blankets on press cylinders, using hand tools and power tools, to achieve pressure required for printing.
- Adjusts press machine parts, such as feeder and delivery mechanisms, suction grippers, guides, feed wheels, jogging devices, tapes, and cams, using hand tools.
- Assist in removing and replacing worn rollers and adjusting pressure between rollers of press, using hand tools.
- Wash blankets and cleans 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 production run to meet and maintain the quality specifications of the work.
