Press Operator

We are seeking a skilled Press Operator to join our team at American Packaging Corporation. As a Press Operator, you will be responsible for safely and efficiently operating assigned production machinery, meeting or exceeding safety, quality, and efficiency standards.

• Participate in training and actively practice the STOP Safety Program fundamentals to aid in achieving a zero-accident rate.
• Retrieve necessary setup information and complete machine changeover/set-up processes, minimizing machine downtime and meeting or exceeding set-up standard requirements.
• Safely operate assigned production machinery, monitoring quality, production, and waste, adhering to customer specifications.
• Observe and adhere to all safety guidelines, ensuring a safe working environment.
• Monitor glue pumps and fill as needed, making mechanical machinery adjustments as required.
• Successfully correct web breaks and complete necessary sheets for Quality checks.
• Complete shingle board and proper sampling procedures, monitoring all quality requirements as outlined by company procedure and specification.
• Direct all resources assigned to the manufacturing line to effectively accomplish the above tasks.
• Effectively observe and judge color, ensuring product produced meets quality requirements as defined by Quality Assurance.
• Provide task leadership for all Utility and printing personnel assigned to respective equipment.
• Ensure all required on-line quality data is properly documented.
• Pre-plan next job before completion of current job, working with and directing activities of assigned Press Helper.
• Troubleshoot and solve printing problems, ensuring inks run at proper viscosities.
• Correctly complete daily production sheets, process condition sheets, waste logs, and quality inspection logs, ensuring job order information corresponds with the product being manufactured.
• Distinguish deviance between established manufacturing packing specifications, reporting deviations to appropriate personnel.
• Deliver accurate and concise information to adjacent shifts and Shift Supervisors in a timely fashion, properly flagging and documenting defects in master rolls for next operator.
• Ensure immediate work area and work areas for which Machine Operator has responsibility are free of clutter and debris, performing all cleaning/sanitation responsibilities safely.
• Able to work all scheduled and required overtime hours, attending and participating in all scheduled meetings.
• Strictly adhere to all company uniform guidelines, business travel required.
• Any other duties as assigned by the Shift Supervisor.

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.

• High school diploma or equivalent required, previous manufacturing experience preferred.
• Food Safety Training, consisting of the GMP/PPE/Food Safety Policy, HACCP Plan, and SQF System, provided to all personnel at the time of hiring, with refresher training completed annually.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos, effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, compute rate, ratio, and percent, and draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions, deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles, frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock, with a usually loud noise level in the work environment.

American Packaging Corporation is committed to equal opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.