Offset Print Production Lead — Color & Registration

Oliver Inc.; Fitchburg (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Oliver Inc. in Massachusetts seeks a hands-on Lead Pressman to orchestrate a multi-color offset operation and mentor a two-person press crew. You will ensure color accuracy, registration, and print quality while advancing efficiency and continuous improvement on the pressroom floor.

You’ll partner with leadership to refine processes, manage materials, and uphold safety and clean-work standards across production runs, with a focus on top-tier 4-color process packaging.

Qualifications

• Lead Pressman experience: multi-color offset printing (4-color process).
• Minimum 2 years in a lead role; 5+ years preferred.
• Strong English communication and math proficiency (fractions/decimals).
• Expertise in ink/water balance, color management, and registration.
• Experience with Mitsubishi presses and paperboard packaging is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Safely produce premium paperboard packaging to specs.
• Review job orders and proofs before production.
• Set up and tune a multi-color sheetfed offset press.
• Lead a press team and provide coaching and feedback.
• Monitor color accuracy using proofs and densitometry.
• Maintain operation efficiency and quality, troubleshoot issues.
• Manage raw materials, minimize waste, and track data.
• Ensure line clearances and maintain a clean, safe area.
• Perform preventive maintenance to maximize uptime.
• Collaborate with Director of Print Technologies to improve processes.

Skills

Team leadership

Color management

Press operations

Quality control

Documentation

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Densitometer

Spectrophotometer

Job description

Our mission is to elevate brands through impeccable paperboard packaging. We’re searching for a hands‑on leader who can orchestrate a multi‑color, multi‑unit offset press, mentor a crew, and raise the bar for quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement.

Who we are

Oliver Inc. blends 250+ years of craftsmanship with modern, sustainability‑focused technology across multiple facilities. We move with speed, deliver with consistency, and stay nimble—because our customers depend on us. Passion, respect, and creative problem‑solving are the values you’ll feel every day.

Your impact

You will be the point person ensuring every job meets exacting standards for color accuracy, registration, and print quality. You’ll lead by example on the pressroom floor and partner with leadership to advance our processes.

Primary Responsibilities

• Safely produce premium paperboard packaging to customer specifications.
• Pre‑job verification: review job orders, proofs, save sheets, LSDs, and production specs.
• Set up, fine‑tune, and operate a multi‑color sheetfed offset press; maintain precise image placement and ink/water balance.
• Lead a press team (2nd Pressman and Feeder); coach, motivate, and provide performance feedback.
• Control and verify color using proofs, LSDs, densitometry, and scanning densitometers as needed.
• Continuously monitor press performance; adjust to protect both quality and throughput.
• Inspect work‑in‑process, troubleshoot quality and mechanical issues, and execute corrective actions.
• Manage raw materials, minimize waste, and return unused materials/documentation to proper storage.
• Identify, segregate, and communicate nonconforming product.
• Document production data—quantities, material usage—and retain qualifying Save Sheets for every run.
• Ensure complete line clearance between jobs and maintain a clean, safe work area.
• Perform preventive maintenance and minor repairs to maximize uptime.
• Collaborate with the Director of Print Technologies to improve quality, productivity, and manufacturing processes.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED with strong English communication skills.
• Math proficiency (fractions and decimals) and accurate color vision.
• Basic computer literacy preferred.
• Minimum 2 years as a Lead Pressman running multi‑color offset producing top‑tier 4‑color process (5+ preferred).
• Team leadership experience—training, coaching, and developing crew members.
• Expertise in offset printing: ink/water balance, color management, and registration control.
• Mitsubishi press background preferred; experience with paperboard packaging, UV inks, in‑line coating, and handheld/scanning densitometers preferred.
• Spectrophotometer familiarity is a plus.
• Strong mechanical aptitude, troubleshooting ability, and sound decision‑making under pressure.
• Meticulous, quality‑focused, and committed to continuous improvement.

What we offer

• Competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package.
• A stable, growing manufacturing company.
• Opportunities to work with advanced offset equipment (including Mitsubishi).
• Career growth, ongoing training, and professional development.
• A collaborative, safety‑focused environment.

Technical focus areas

• Packaging experience
• Sheet‑fed offset printing
• 4‑color process work

Join us

If you’re ready to champion craftsmanship, teamwork, and continuous improvement while delivering standout packaging, we’d love to hear from you.

Oliver Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, citizenship status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.