Cake Press Operator Job Description Sample

• *Performs a variety of manual labor duties in the reel, plate and pressrooms. Must be able to read and comprehend manufacture specs and assist in press set up. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Maintains reel runs, ensuring reels are loaded properly and paper is not damaged during loads. Removes cores from the press.

• Inspects paper rolls for defects.

• Webs the press and runs press leads.

• Responds quickly and accurately to web breaks.

• Assists with press setup.

• Reviews paper pages for print accuracy at press startup.

• Accurately hangs plates on the press

• Analyzes press run requirements. Duties include but are not limited

• Continuously evaluates ink and water balances to achieve highest quality for run.

• Swiftly and proficiently registers ink color.

• Adjusts and remakes press plates in order to perfect registration.

• Identifies and corrects press run defects.

• Some exposure to folder operation

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

• Two years of offset print experience.

• Strong mechanical aptitude.

• Analytical reasoning skills.

• Ability to read and comprehend print layout.

• Ability to read and interpret documents in English such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

• Knowledge of, or ability to learn, all aspects of operating an offset newspaper press.

• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.

• Ability to multi-task and consistently meet deadlines.

• Ability to work independently and to contribute in a team environment.

• Flexible and adaptable to changing work priorities.

• Must demonstrate regular and reliable attendance. Additional hours, including overtime, may be required depending on workload.

• Follows all safety and security policies and procedures in accordance with company policies and local, state, and federal laws. Safety and security are every employee's responsibility

Physical Demands:

• Constant standing

• Constant walking

• Frequent stair climbing

• Occasional lifting over 65 pounds

• Frequent pushing/pulling (estimated weight 1,000 lbs.)

• Constant bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling

• Constant reaching with hands and arms

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Job Duty Summary:

Responsible for operating pressing equipment and manufacturing parts according to company procedures and customer requirements.

Duties and tasks include but are not limited to:

Set Up

Basic computer operation

Run Cycle

Operating multiple presses

Loading back plates into press

Completing inspections

Moving parts from Oven Bake Table to a cart

Trouble shooting quality and machine issues

Physical capabilities to perform the operation

Machine clean out responsibility

Fulfill any requirements of loading and unloading parts

Fill out required paper work

Build and check accordingly to customer specs

Ensure quality requirements are met

Communicating any issues

REQUIREMENTS:

Physical Capabilities:

Standing 90%

Walking 10%

Lifting Up to 90lbs.

Education:

High School Diploma or equivalent (Read, Write, Basic Math)

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

Web Graphics is seeking a machine operator to operate 2/C small format presses in our custom area. This position is responsible for operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting production machinery.

Shift Available

• First Shift 7:00 a.m. – 3:30p.m. Monday – Friday with Saturdays as needed.

Responsibilities include

• Promote and maintain a safe work environment ensuring compliance with company safety policies.

• Operating production machinery, including troubleshooting and job set up

• Follow work order specifications to produce a quality product

• Perform routine quality checks, basic preventative maintenance, inspections, and tests as needed

• Load product into machine, enter order information, and maintain production/quality standards

• Clean and maintain area in accordance with established procedures

• Other duties and special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to withstand repetitive walking, standing and stooping; ability to lift over 15 lbs regularly and up to 50lbs occasionally, and use hands and wrists continuously, including reaching, and handling product

• Strong time management and organization skills

• Basic math skills

• Maintain a safe, clean and healthy work environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous manufacturing environment/machine

• Mechanical inclination

• Computer skills a plus

About Our Company

Our Total Rewards package of benefits and compensation reflects our bold commitment to creating opportunity and security for employees.

We offer a competitive base salary, and an attractive benefit package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401K, incentive compensation plan, PTO (paid time off) and Holiday pay.

Web Graphics specializes in offset printing custom forms and other business forms for national companies. Web Graphics focuses on guiding the customer with their products and provides a very high level of customer service.

About Nortek Air Management

Nortek Air Management's mission is Creating a Better Tomorrow Every Day. By living our core values of Safety, Integrity, Performance Driven Culture and Teamwork, we want to be the premier HVAC Company offering energy efficient and sustainable products and solutions that exceed customer expectations through employee's commitment to quality, customer service and operational excellence. Nortek Air Management has annual sales of close to $1 billion and is comprised of three businesses, Residential, Light Commercial and Air Solutions.

Nortek Air Solutions - Established in 1977, Nortek Air Solutions offers the innovation and expertise of the largest group of custom heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) brands in North America for your commercial, industrial, or institutional indoor environment. Air Solutions products are custom engineered to bring you the optimal solutions for maximizing energy efficiency, reducing annual operating costs, improving indoor air quality, and achieving low sound levels. They offer high quality systems in multiple shapes, sizes, and configurations for new construction and renovation or retrofit applications. Air Solutions is affiliated with the following industry-leading brands of HVAC solutions: Governair, Huntair, Mammoth, Temtrol, Venmar CES and Ventrol Air Handling Systems.

Position Overview:

Sets up and operates hydraulic press brake.

Job Description Details:

• Lays out or details layout on work stock from blueprints or templates

• Plans sequence of operations, applying knowledge of physical properties of metal

• Working well with others, with limited amount of supervision

• Setting up and operating several types of machines

• Setting up and operating notcher, rolls and hardware machine

Qualifications:

• General sheet metal knowledge

• Functional and Technical skills

• Capable of lifting 50 lbs

• Standing for long periods on concrete

• Quality Assurance

• Attention to detail

• Must speak and read English

• High School graduate or equivalent experience

Nortek Global HVAC and Nortek Air Solutions are equal opportunity employers and do not unlawfully discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex national origin, age disability, sexual orientation, or any other class protected by federal or state law.

Information Technology Services at West Virginia University is seeking applications for a temporary Press Operator I. This position is responsible for assisting with customers copying needs regarding choices in paper, binding and other options, and recommends appropriate services based upon those needs.

In order to be successful in this position, the ideal candidate will:

• Inform both present and potential customers of services available through Copy Centers and/or Printing and Copier Services, and provide customers with estimated costs.

• Review accepted work to determine quality of copy obtainable from original.

• Perform minor/routine maintenance and adjustments to equipment as needed, including daily and weekly cleaning and arranging for service when machine malfunctions.

• Maintain and operate cash register and ensure compliance with proper procedures.

• Stack, package and prepare product for pickup by or deliver to customer.

• Coordinate deliveries to customer with delivery staff.

• Prepare invoices, computing total cost based on quantity of copies and/or services provided.

• Maintain inventory of supplies for the daily operation of the center.

ITS has about 210 employees with diverse backgrounds, personalities and experience. We make sure the networks, data centers, Internet and phones are robust and reliable. We support dozens of applications that are critical to the University's administrative functions and academic mission, including the online learning system, eCampus. We protect the confidentiality and integrity of data. We talk to our customers regularly about our services and initiatives, and we welcome and respond to suggestions.

We want employees with a positive attitude, an eagerness to collaborate, initiative and imagination. We want creative thinkers who can find clever solutions to problems and improve our efficiency. We want people who embrace WVU's many missions, from empowering faculty and students to improving the quality of life for West Virginians.

Work Hours: 37.5

Length of Assignment: 2 months

Pay Grade: 11

• Up to 18 months of education or training beyond high school, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience

• A combination of one (1) year of experience in the following areas are required:

• Working directly with the public in a customer service capacity

• Printing experience

• Operation of high-speed production copiers and document management systems

Information Technology Services at West Virginia University is seeking applications for a temporary Press Operator I. This position is responsible for assisting with customers copying needs regarding choices in paper, binding and other options, and recommends appropriate services based upon those needs.

In order to be successful in this position, the ideal candidate will:

• Inform both present and potential customers of services available through Copy Centers and/or Printing and Copier Services, and provide customers with estimated costs.

• Review accepted work to determine quality of copy obtainable from original.

• Perform minor/routine maintenance and adjustments to equipment as needed, including daily and weekly cleaning and arranging for service when machine malfunctions.

• Maintain and operate cash register and ensure compliance with proper procedures.

• Stack, package and prepare product for pickup by or deliver to customer.

• Coordinate deliveries to customer with delivery staff.

• Prepare invoices, computing total cost based on quantity of copies and/or services provided.

• Maintain inventory of supplies for the daily operation of the center.

ITS has about 210 employees with diverse backgrounds, personalities and experience. We make sure the networks, data centers, Internet and phones are robust and reliable. We support dozens of applications that are critical to the University's administrative functions and academic mission, including the online learning system, eCampus. We protect the confidentiality and integrity of data. We talk to our customers regularly about our services and initiatives, and we welcome and respond to suggestions.

We want employees with a positive attitude, an eagerness to collaborate, initiative and imagination. We want creative thinkers who can find clever solutions to problems and improve our efficiency. We want people who embrace WVU's many missions, from empowering faculty and students to improving the quality of life for West Virginians.

Work Hours: 37.5

Length of Assignment: 2 months

Pay Grade: 11

• Up to 18 months of education or training beyond high school, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience

• A combination of one (1) year of experience in the following areas are required:

• Working directly with the public in a customer service capacity

• Printing experience

• Operation of high-speed production copiers and document management systems

• *Performs a variety of manual labor duties in the reel, plate and pressrooms. Must be able to read and comprehend manufacture specs and assist in press set up. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Maintains reel runs, ensuring reels are loaded properly and paper is not damaged during loads. Removes cores from the press.

• Inspects paper rolls for defects.

• Proficient webbing the press and with press leads.

• Responds quickly and accurately to web breaks.

• Assists with press setup.

• Reviews paper pages for print accuracy at press startup.

• Accurately hangs plates on the press.

• Ability to recognize and correct folder mechanical problems.

2. *Analyzes press run requirements. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Continuously evaluates ink and water balances to achieve highest quality for run.

• Swiftly and proficiently registers ink color.

• Adjusts and remakes press plates in order to perfect registration.

• Identifies and corrects press run defects.

• Communicates press run requirements to folder operator to improve quality.

• Proficiently carries out press run setup. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Comprehends press layout.

• Understands and operates folder competently.

• Effectively runs complex setup with multiple settings.

• Understands and recognizes quality newsprint.

• Effective communication with printer to ensure quality, sale able copies.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

• Three to five (3-5) years of offset print experience.

• Strong mechanical aptitude.

• Analytical reasoning skills.

• Ability to recognize and interpret color variances is a plus.

• Ability to read and comprehend print layout.

• Ability to read and interpret documents in English such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

• Knowledge of, or ability to learn, all aspects of operating an offset newspaper press.

• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.

• Ability to multi-task and consistently meet deadlines.

• Ability to work independently and to contribute in a team environment.

• Flexible and adaptable to changing work priorities.

• Must demonstrate regular and reliable attendance. Additional hours, including overtime, may be required depending on workload.

• Follows all safety and security policies and procedures in accordance with company policies and local, state, and federal laws. Safety and security are every employee's responsibility

Physical Demands:

• Constant standing

• Constant walking

• Frequent stair climbing

• Occassional lifting over 65 pounds

• Frequent pushing/pulling (estimated weight 1,000 lbs.)

• Constant bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling

• Constant reaching with hands and arms

Set up, adjust, operate, and maintain single or multi-color offset web printing press to print single-color, two-color, and/or multi-color work which includes large solids, screen tints, line and halftones with critical color values, and registration requirements ranging from hairline to critical. Review job specifications to determine the press setup according to the imposition of the run (sheet wise or work and turn). Perform all make-ready tasks associated with the type of press operated such as hanging plates or installing cylinders, examining plates/cylinders for imperfections and checking for correct positioning of images, prepping blankets, adjusting tension and register, etc.

Make necessary color corrections and/or press adjustments prior to production run to meet and maintain the quality specifications of the work. Clean, lubricate, and maintain the press, making minor repairs and replacing worn or broken parts as required. Perform periodic maintenance recommended by the manufacturer.

Positions are available on 2nd shift (3pm-11pm) and 3rd shift (11pm-7am)

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Required Skills

Knowledge of offset web printing procedures, materials, equipment and safety requirements and skills to perform assignments. Skill to read and understand job specifications to determine press set-up materials needed to run the job successfully.

Must have sufficient knowledge of press capabilities to determine the most appropriate use of the press and corrective adjustments required to run efficiently. Skill in routine operational maintenance and minor repairs to equipment. Ability to follow safety procedures and work safely. Ability to lift up to 50 lbs, walk, stand, sit, bend, stoop, kneel, reach, twist, grasp, push and pull up to 12 hours/day.

RRD is an EEO/AA including Vets and Disabled Employer