Offset Press Operator
Department/Group
Press Room
HR Contact
Evelyn Fernandez – efernandez@vistacolor.com
Roles and Responsibilities
- Operate and maintain press and all auxiliary equipment while guiding team to meet and exceed production standards and maintaining customer quality requirements
- Know set-up and maintenance procedures for entire press
- Troubleshoot
- Attain and maintain proper ink and water balance
- Keep ongoing list of maintenance issues to be addressed during next scheduled maintenance, one list for all crews
- Direct crew to specific duties during scheduled maintenance
- Check and set rollers, change if necessary
- Perform needed maintenance during any delay time
- Monitor and maintain constant ink densities per customer specifications
- Attend all Operators meetings
- Work with urgency, when press is down, to maintain production requirements
- Continue learning new and improved processes to achieve increased production
- Responsible for the ongoing training and development of other Pressroom personnel
- Assist Supervisors in documenting and improving procedures and processes by offering ideas and suggestions
- Assist Supervisors in providing feedback for employee evaluations
- Facilitate teamwork among team members and between shifts
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Skills
- 3+ Years Press experience
- Able to lift and move 50 pounds or more repeatedly
- Able to stand for 12 hours
- Detailed knowledge of offset printing process
- This position requires the ability to work days, nights, weekends, holidays and overtime as necessary
- Ability to read, write and perform math operations
- Ability to distinguish colors accurately and pass a color test
- Good interpersonal skills to effectively interact and guide team members
- Solid organizational skills
- Demonstrated mechanical aptitude
Preferred Skills
- Machine repair and maintenance experience preferred.