Flexographic Printing Operator

Job Title: Flexographic Press Operator

This is a full-time position that supports multi-plant custom manufacturing operation with a commitment to quality and exceeding customer expectations. Shift hours are 2:30 pm – 1:00 am (M-TH) with the opportunity for overtime for 2nd shift.

1st shift hours are Mon-Fri 6:00 A.M -2:30 PM Mon-Fri.

Our production floor is a climate controlled, open workspace for light equipment manufacturing.

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for setting up and operating a 6 to 8 color flexographic printing press, die cutting equipment, finishing inspection equipment according to written and/or verbal instructions, established company procedures, safety, and quality guidelines. Capable of solving printing problems, making adjustments to mechanical operation of press to keep quality, registration, color, and production speed at optimum. Has good understanding of inks, solvents, and can print line, halftone, and four-color process (with direction) copy on a variety of substrates by performing the following duties personally or through assistant personnel.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES

• Receives production order and job assignments from supervisor. Reads order to verify quantity to be run, overrun tolerance, color sequence, and substrate.
• Obtains substrate, cylinders, plates, inks (water-base and UV) and related supplies needed to produce job.
• Sets up press according to established company guidelines, safety, and job requirements.
• Prints proof labels to check press setup, registration, die cutting and color.
• Secures supervisors approval for production run.
• Prints job maintaining optimum production rate, color density, registration, and quality standard within company and customer guidelines, and makes press adjustments as required.
• Solves printing problems.
• Prints line, halftone, and four-color process copy on a variety of substrates.
• Follows all safety and operational procedures.
• Maintains continuous inspection of job specifications and quality throughout production run, collecting production run samples as required.
• Completes production run including overruns and production samples.
• Completes production records.
• Ensures proper cleanliness of press, work station, and immediate press area by returning unused ink to ink shelves, removing trash, rags, and extra material.
• Able to read, review and understand technical drawings, blueprints and proofs.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES This job has no supervisory responsibilities. Carries out conduct and leadership responsibilities in accordance with company policies, procedures, safety, and applicable laws.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Three to five years of flexographic printing experience and/or training
• High school diploma or GED
• Must have good judgment of color, design, and print quality.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information to one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Ability to navigate through a windows based computer system and perform basic tasks like saving files, printing files, looking up files/folders, etc.

MECHANICAL SKILLS

• Ability to problem solve equipment issues, help in preventative maintenance of equipment, trouble shoot equipment setups to determine the best way to run specific products and document solutions.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• 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 and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standard situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit, stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• The employee must regularly lift/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes and toxic chemicals.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

BENEFITS

The MSD benefits package is available to all full-time employees. This package is filled with many benefits that speaks to how much MSD values their employees.

Our Full-time Compensation package includes:

• Health Insurance- Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Dental Plan available
• Vision
• Life, AD&D Insurance
• Long Term Disability Insurance
• Simple IRA with matching
• Paid Vacation, Holiday and Sick leave
• Company Luncheons

MidSouth Design is the largest manufacturer of lumber tags, placards and bundle tags in the United States having served the lumber industry worldwide for over 40 years. Additionally, MidSouth continues to provide labeling solutions to the building supply, medical and shipping industries.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 - $25.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 – 50 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $18 - $25