Night Shift Press Operator: Fast-Paced Print Production

Colonial Group; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Tulsa World, a Lee Enterprises company, is seeking a Press Operator for the night shift. The role involves operating and maintaining press components and achieving quality standards in a fast-paced pressroom. Initial training will occur during the day before transitioning to night shifts.

Responsibilities include loading pasters, plate handling, ink monitoring, and press cleanup. Candidates should be able to work in a deadline-driven environment and communicate effectively with team members.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Press or printing experience preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Makes paster patterns and operates paster controls to load pasters and operate splicing sequence.
• Spot plates according to job press order, mount plates into the slot lock up accurately.
• Manually lead webs with different configurations guiding press webs over rollers to the folder.
• Stir ink, check viscosity and monitor ink feed functions to printing units before and during press run.
• Clean press, pipe rollers, press cylinder blankets with cleaning solvents and wipe up ink spills.
• Responsible for setting up and maintaining the operation of presses before and during press runs.
• Expected to handle routine job tasks on a day to day basis, maintaining accuracy while meeting deadlines.

Skills

Attendance standards

Mechanical skill

Communication

Team player

Reading/writing

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Tulsa World, a Lee Enterprises company, is seeking a Press Operator for the night shift. The role involves operating and maintaining press components and achieving quality standards in a fast-paced pressroom. Initial training will occur during the day before transitioning to night shifts.

Responsibilities include loading pasters, plate handling, ink monitoring, and press cleanup. Candidates should be able to work in a deadline-driven environment and communicate effectively with team members.