Gravure Press Operator Assistant (1st Shift - Weekends)

Assists press operators to ensure production of quality Gravure press products by gathering, loading/unloading materials and finished products; to ensure standards are being met. Learns to perform the job duties assigned to the press operator, to fill in when needed.  Learn to set up and operate a Gravure press to produce high quality products.

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• →Performs other related duties as assigned.
• →Demonstrates the behaviors of punctuality, regular attendance, professionalism towards supervisors and co-workers, and self-directed task completion.
• →Maintains clean work area.
• →Must comply with all departmental SOP's (Standard Operating Procedures), company GMP's (Good Manufacturing Practices), Employee Handbook Policies, including attendance, and all safety rules and standards.
• →Works normal shift hours and overtime as required.
• →Coordinates efforts as part of the team to provide assistance to all co-workers in all departments to maximize production efficiencies as needed.
• →Must have the ability to read a standard ruler to 1/32" and a metric ruler to 1 mm.
• →Trains co-workers and new hires to set up, operate and use equipment.
• →Retrieves or receives necessary materials such as paper, inks, plates, cylinders, etc. and sets up press in accordance with job specifications and customer requirements.
• →As directed by Press Operator, assists in producing quality products by providing support/helper activities such as adjusting press, loading/unloading materials, stacking stock, moving finished/scrap product, and getting supplies.
• →Learns to mix inks and mixes as needed.
• →Assists in and learns to set-up a Gravure press as directed by operator and learns to produce non-complex high quality products.
• →Operates hand truck and hand tools.
• →Applies mechanical ability to adjust press and to troubleshoot various problems.
• →Maintains all equipment by performing routine maintenance and cleaning.

• Must be able to work collaboratively with co-workers.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Ability to read, write and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.
• Ability to address issues involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to effectively communicate ideas, information and or work assignments with co-workers and management as needed.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent.
• Ability to read a standard ruler to 1/32” and a metric ruler to 1mm.

High school diploma or equivalent.

Regularly required to stand and reach with hands and arms. 

Frequently required to walk; stoop, kneel, crouch and talk or hear. 

Frequently lift and/or carry up to 50 pounds and push/pull up to 125 pounds. 

Frequently lift and/or move up to 30 pounds overhead.

Requires constant movement and bending. 

Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, dust, chemicals and vibration.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.