Job Description
Card Press Operator
The
Card Press Operator will report to the shift Production Supervisor and will set up and operate a Card Press Production Line. The
Card Press Operator will provide hands-on operation and leadership for their Card Press Production Line by troubleshooting problems and working on continuous improvement projects.
This role will report to 3rd shift.
Responsibilities:
- Control machines and processes using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes.
- Set-up, operate, clean up, and verify quality of each product produced on designated press production line.
- Lead and orchestrate changeovers on their designated line.
- Inspect equipment, structures, and materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
- Gather information by observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Print multiple color products.
- Operate continuous web converting equipment.
- Provide daily data report.
- Meet established quality and schedule standards.
- Keep walkways and the manufacturing environment clean and organized.
- Follow all safety guidelines, including reporting unsafe or unexpected conditions.
- Support Corporate Programs such as 5S, ISO, SMED, Preventive Maintenance, Sustainability, and GMP.
- Other tasks as assigned
Required Knowledge and Skills:
- Familiarity with unwind and rewind turrets.
- Ability to read, understand, and follow schedule, written instructions, and job ticket requirements.
- Ability to operate complex machinery with multiple material inputs and process stations.
- Knowledge in the selection of necessary components to run specific jobs (print cylinders, plates, dies).
- Ability to work both independently and with limited supervision.
- Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and display8ing a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Job requires being careful about detail and being thorough in completing work tasks.
- Have ability to see details at close range to check for defects or other quality issues.
- Have ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
- Have ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object.
- Have ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine.
- Quickly respond (with hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sounds, light, picture) when it appears.
- Use hands and arms to handle, position, and move materials.
- Perform physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials
Basic Qualifications:
- High School Diploma / GED
- 2 (two) + years of work experience on complex machinery with multiple material inputs and process stations. Candidates that are a Graduate of / or enrolled in a 2 year Engineering Technology program will be considered without this experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3 (three) + years of work experience on multi-colored mechanical/servo color UV continuous web flexographic printing equipment.
Work Conditions:
- Manufacturing environment with noise levels commonly requiring hearing protection.
- Industrial Chemical Exposure.
- Stand, sit, walk, reach, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch.
- Lifting requirements:
- Minimum 10lbs
- Maximum 50lbs (Anything over 50lbs requires team lift)
- 25 pounds – 35 pounds repetitively.
- Move rolls of Plastic/Board/Foil/Liner/Label Stock – 400 pounds – 1000 pounds (rolling material on their diameter).
- Move skids weighing up to 2,500 pounds with the use of mechanical or powered Pallet Jack.
- Wearing of Personnel Protective Equipment required, such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats or other PPE dependent on job duties.
