Digital Press Operator, Nights

Primary responsibility

Set-up and operate the HP Digital Press; Prepares for preflight, color adjustments, and manufacture of all digitally printed products. Completes visual and specification quality checks on each retain and continuously monitors quality and press conditions. Maintains press efficiency and minimizes waste. Performs digital press maintenance and requisitions supplies.

Responsibilities

• Sets-up job in accordance with job ticket and product specification documents. This includes pre-flighting files, making color adjustments, staging and queuing.
• Completes job start-up, quality sign-off, including specification and visual checks.
• Operates digital press to produce product in conformance with customer specifications while minimizing waste and maintaining press efficiency.
• Requisitions all supplies required to operate the digital press and produce quality digital labels, including inks, coatings, machine supplies, parts and tools.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED), required.
• Experience operating a digital press and/or minimum 2 years web and/or offset experience, required.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret internal and external communications to perform job duties.
• Effective interpersonal skills needed.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Ability to determine “root cause” of problem and determine corrective action.
• Proficient knowledge of production materials, quality methods, and color standards are necessary.
• Excellent mechanical aptitude required.
• Computer prepress/preflight knowledge is preferred.
• Advanced computer skills needed.

Benefits

• Night Shift: 7pm-7am (1 week is Mon, Fri, Sat and Sun - next week is Tues - Thurs).
• Generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance and 401(k).
• Paid Holidays: New Years, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, plus two floating Holidays.