Offset Press Make-Ready and Production Specialist (Packaging)
Is this you?
- Can you interpret a job layout and translate specs into a flawless Heidelberg setup?
- Do you balance ink and water on the fly and spot defects before they become scrap?
- Are you comfortable logging production data while keeping the press humming?
What you'll tackle
- Review job tickets, confirm project requirements, and prepare for production runs
- Conduct make-ready, hang plates, set ink/water levels, and troubleshoot as needed
- Run predetermined pulls during each load and verify against quality targets
- Keep machinery clean, document operations and maintenance, and submit service requests
- Support your supervisor and plant manager with additional assigned tasks
- Follow Snyder’s safety and quality standards at all times
Time allocation
- 80% — Make-ready and operate a Heidelberg offset press to Snyder Pkg. quality benchmarks
- 10% — Plate hanging/positioning; ink and water level setup; related press operations
- 5% — Computer data entry and form completion
- 5% — Routine maintenance and cleaning
What you bring
- Offset press operation experience with reliable color vision
- Solid shop math: add, subtract, multiply, divide
- Intermediate English communication (read/write/listen/speak)
- Basic computer capability for data entry and printing
- Measurement fluency; read a ruler accurately
Competencies that set you apart
- Mechanical aptitude with a problem-solving approach
- Acute attention to defects and detail
- Familiarity with printing, die cutting, and gluing within packaging workflows
Physical and environmental realities
- Manual loading and lifting with occasional climbing around equipment
- Combination of repetitive and intermittent tasks; active, varied work that requires strength
- Semi-automatic press operation; good eyesight required
- Warehouse setting in a paperboard packaging facility; reaching, bending, lifting; able to lift up to 50 lbs
Plus, your proficiency
- Shop Math Skills
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