Packaging Supervisor

Lee Enterprises Inc; Bryan (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Lee Enterprises, Inc. is seeking a full-time Hands-on Packaging Supervisor in Bryan, TX to oversee evening/night operations including addressing, packaging, and inserting newspapers. The role provides leadership to the team performing these functions in a regional printing facility.

You will ensure accurate packaging and timely completion of tasks, prepare nightly reports, and set up equipment. Strong organizational, customer service, and teamwork skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong organizational skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Strong people skills
• Ability to work in a team setting
• Self-motivation
• Mechanical and troubleshooting abilities
• Ability to operate motorized pallet jack and fork truck
• Promote safety and ensure all safety guidelines are followed

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate and timely insertion, addressing and packaging of all inserted and mailed products.
• Prepare nightly paperwork, reports, and tracking documents.
• Set up equipment such as inserter machine hoppers, ink jetting equipment, stackers, conveyors and Mirasert.
• Stage pallets of print products, print and set up mail tags, mail sacking and label making
• Monitor preprints and Miracom file movement, mark and sort bundle tops, label files and printing

Job description

PACKAGING SUPERVISOR

The Bryan Eagle, a Lee Enterprises, Inc. paper is seeking a Full-Time Hands-on Packaging Supervisor, who is responsible for quality, timely and smooth evening/nightly operations such as addressing mail, packaging and inserting newspapers. This key position as a working supervisor will assist and provide leadership to the employees who perform these functions in a regional printing facility, responsible for printing multiple newspapers for the region.

• Ensure accurate and timely insertion, addressing and packaging of all inserted and mailed products.
• Prepare nightly paperwork, reports, and tracking documents.
• Set up equipment such as inserter machine hoppers, ink jetting equipment, stackers, conveyors and Mirasert.
• Ability to learn addressing periodicals to be mailed via USPS.
• Stage pallets of print products, print and set up mail tags, mail sacking and label making
• Monitor preprints and Miracom file movement, mark and sort bundle tops, label files and printing
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to meet deadlines, set priorities, control waste and produce quality work.
• Excellent customer service skills and the ability to communicate orally in conversation both in person and by telephone.
• Strong people skills and the ability to interact with others and remain focused while dealing with multiple objectives and timelines.
• The ability to work in a team setting, develop and motivate people, and embrace the concept of teamwork.
• Self-motivation with the ability to work independently.
• Mechanical and troubleshooting abilities
• Ability to operate motorized pallet jack and fork truck.
• Promote safety and ensure all safety guidelines are followed.

Lee Enterprises is a leading provider of local news and information and a major subscription and advertising platform, with daily and weekly newspapers and rapidly expanding digital products serving 114 markets across 25 states.