Job Description

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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