Web Offset Press Operator (12HRNights)

RRDs Green Bay facility is seeking a highly skilled Web Offset Press Operator to join our high-volume direct marketing print this role you will be responsible for setting up adjusting operating and maintaining multi-color roll-fed web offset presses (and/or gravure machinery). You will manage high-speed continuous-feed production runs to deliver complex marketing materials that demand strict color values and flawless registration from hairline to critical tolerances.

Key Responsibilities

Press Setup & Make-Ready Tasks

• Job Specification Review: Thoroughly review job tickets and layout proofs to determine the optimal press setup ink sequence and web paths required for the continuous roll-fed run.
• Make-Ready Execution: Perform all critical web make-ready tasks including hanging printing plates or installing cylinders prepping blankets threading the paper web through the press units and setting up the folder/finishing line.
• Precision Mounting: Utilize a micrometer to accurately measure mount and align printing plates. Check for correct positioning of images and examine plates/cylinders closely for imperfections before starting the run.

Web Press Operation & Quality Control

• High-Speed Production: Set up adjust and safely operate web offset or gravure presses to produce single-color two-color and multi-color work featuring large solids screen tints line work and halftones.
• Web Control Management: Continuously monitor and adjust web tension guiding systems and moisture-to-ink balances to maintain steady paper flow and prevent web breaks.
• Critical Registration & Color: Dynamically make necessary color corrections ink-key adjustments and register tweaks prior to and during production to hit exact client specifications and maintain hairline tolerances.

Maintenance Repair & Safety

• Routine Maintenance: Clean lubricate and maintain the web press daily to maximize machine uptime and prevent ink skinning or roller damage. Perform periodic preventative maintenance recommended by the manufacturer.
• Mechanical Repairs: Diagnose mechanical issues during the run make major operational adjustments and perform minor repairs or replace worn/broken components (such as knives packing or slitter blades) as required.
• Safety & Compliance: Maintain comprehensive knowledge of and strict compliance with all pressroom safety requirements including lock-out/tag-out protocols and safety guard regulations around fast-moving webs. 

Shift Premium: $3hr

Climate controlled environment.

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Qualifications :

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Web Offset Expertise: Deep comprehensive knowledge of roll-fed printing procedures ink/water chemistry paper web behavior dryer temperatures and finishing specifications required to run complex jobs successfully.
• Mechanical Aptitude: Advanced skill in complex manipulations and mechanical procedures required to troubleshoot adjust and perform routine maintenance on high-speed web equipment.
• Production Planning: Proven capability to read and understand complex job specifications matching them against known press capabilities to determine the most appropriate settings web paths and raw materials needed.
• Precision Tooling: Demonstrated skill in using micrometers densitometers and automatic registration controls to align plates and measure ink density.

Experience & Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of experience operating multi-color Web Offset or Gravure presses. Sheet-fed experience alone will not be considered.
• Strong color vision and an acute eye for detail to instantly catch web shifts dynamic registration errors or color drifting at high speeds.

Additional Information :

Disclosure Statement:

The pay range for this role at the noted location is $24.15 to $38.00 per hour. The actual rate of pay offered may vary based upon but not limited to: education skills experience proficiency performance shift and addition to base salary depending on the role the total compensation package may also include overtime shift differential call-in and stand-by pay. RRD offers benefits including medical dental and vision coverage paid time off disability insurance 401(k) with match life insurance and other voluntary supplemental insurance coverages plus tuition assistance maternity leave adoption assistance and employer/partner discounts.

All employment offers are contingent upon the successful completion of both a pre-employment background and drug screen.

RRD is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veterans

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time