Flexo Machine Operator - 1st Shift

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Accurately and efficiently sets up and operates machine by selecting and fastening printing plate on machine, filling ink pails with required colors, adjusting rate of flow of ink and spacing guides and checking glue station.
• Ensures diagonal and corrugator scores are deep enough for folding to work correctly.
• Maximizes utilization of machine by operating at available capacity and speed while minimizing waste of sheet stock, inks and glue.
• Checks containers to verify quality by examining for miss-slotted containers, loose liner, misprints or any other defects.
• Trains and assists machine helper with job duties on machine by switching duties as needed to provide such training.
• Trains on other machines in order to provide back-up support when needed and must be willing to move to another machine or another shift depending on needs of the Company.
• Completes necessary reports in a neat, accurate and timely manner which may include but are not limited to: Production, Safety and Quality Data, Machine Operational Status and Maintenance Work Orders on Cutting/Dies and Printing Plates.
• Maintains equipment proactively, turns in maintenance work orders for repairs to Supervisor in a timely manner and follows up that repairs have been made.
• Adheres to daily production schedule, reports any unusual scheduling issues to Supervisor and makes recommendations for optimizing schedules to meet cost, quality, delivery and customer service goals.
• Complies with all company policies and procedures including safety and good housekeeping. Follows corporate Quality, Sanitation, GMP and HACCP standards to achieve a finished product within quality control specifications.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED equivalent
• Min. two years experience in (printing and die cutting) in the corrugated industry
• Mathematical skills, able to read a tape measure (1/16th)
• Computer skills
• Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals in English. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Physical Demands: Regularly stands, walks, uses hands to finger, handle, or feel, stoops, kneels, crouch or crawl, talks or hears. Occasionally lifts and/or moves up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities include distance vision, close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, color vision and ability to adjust focus. Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock and vibration, and noise level in the work environment is usually loud.