Ink Technician (3rd Shift)

Essential Job Functions

• Precision-mount flexographic printing plates onto cylinders to ensure accurate register during printing.
• Prepare, clean, and inspect anilox rollers before and after production runs.
• Mount gears, handles, and hardware onto plate cylinders and anilox rollers.
• Utilize anilox scopes to measure cell volume and assess roller condition for quality control.
• Maintain inventory of molded plates, ordering replacements as needed to avoid production delays.
• Inspect, prep, and coordinate the shipping of worn cylinders or rollers for off-site reconditioning.
• Receive, stage, and distribute inks directly to press lines.

Qualifications

• Proven experience or strong mechanical skills working with industrial tooling, machinery, or complex mechanical setups.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings or blueprints.
• Outstanding visual accuracy and high attention to detail for precise color matching, viscosity testing, and plate mounting alignment.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks, meet tight deadlines, and adapt quickly to shifting production needs.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills to coordinate effectively across pressroom staff, inventory control, and management.
• Ability to work productively both independently and in a collaborative team setting, taking initiative to solve problems and improve pressroom workflows.
• Comfort working in an active manufacturing environment – including standing, walking, bending, stooping and reaching on concrete floors throughout the shift.
• Frequent manual lifting, pushing, pulling, and carrying of items weighing up to 35 lbs (such as ink buckets, chemical pails and plate cylinders).

Additional Information

This is a 3rd shift position, Monday through Friday from 11:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M., rotating Saturdays as needed, in a climate controlled environment.