Press Operator – (BOLB)

Accurate Personnel LLC; Woodridge (IL); On-site; USD 36,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

2nd shift available

Job summary

Accurate Personnel LLC in Woodridge, IL is hiring immediately for a Press Operator to join our team. You will read job tickets detailing stock type, paper size, weight, caliper, ink colors, and follow all special instructions, ensuring stock and ink are ready for press.

The ideal candidate has 1–2 years of feeder or floor help on a sheet-fed press, good color perception, and the ability to pass color tests.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Good color perception and vision.
• Must pass color hue and vision tests.
• 1–2 years in feeder or floor help on sheet-fed press.
• Experience with color scanning equipment.
• Experience with plastic substrates.
• Ability to read safety rules and manuals.
• Basic data entry and computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Read instructions from job ticket including stock, ink, colors, and special instructions.
• Bring stock and ink to press; keep paper accounted for and ink correct.
• Review tickets before runs to ensure accuracy.
• Prepare waste sets for make-ready pulls.
• Set up feeder, in-feed/delivery, and alignment features.
• Position image on sheet per layout; check color, imposition, and trims.
• Provide color check and record results in the log.
• Obtain supervisor approval on all jobs.

Skills

Reading job tickets

Color perception

Feeder/Sheet fed experience

Basic computer skills

Read/interpret documents

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Color scanning equipment

Job description

HIRING IMMEDIATELY: PRESS OPERATOR IN WOODRIDGE, IL

Accurate Personnel is hiring immediately for a Press Operator to join our team in Woodridge, IL. This individual will be responsible for reading instructions from the job ticket, i.e. type of stock, amount of paper, size, weight, and caliper, type of ink and colors, including all special instructions, as well as bringing stock and ink to press, make sure all paper is accounted for and ink is the correct color/type. The ideal candidate will possess 1 to 2 years’ experience working as a Feeder or Floor Help with some exposure to feeding on a sheet fed press.

Pay, Schedule, and Location

• Starting at $30/hour, paid weekly
• Excellent benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision
• 2nd shift schedule available
• Located in Woodridge, IL

Duties and Responsibilities

• Reads Instructions from job ticket, i.e. type of stock, amount of paper, size, weight, and caliper, type of ink and colors, including all special instructions.
• Bring stock and ink to press, make sure all paper is accounted for and ink is the correct color/type.
• Reviews job tickets before job runs and identifies all variables before set-up to ensure that 100% of all jobs are run accurately.
• Makes up appropriate sets/books of waste for make ready pulls prior to starting make ready.
• Sets up feeder, side guide, double sheet detector in-feed and delivery including slow down wheels.
• Positions image on sheet according to layout provided.
• Registers colors and does line up to check copy, imposition/pagination (work and turn, work and flop, sheet wise), trims, bleeds, folds, squareness of image to gripper and side guide.
• Provides laminated for color and peel test and records in book.
• Obtains supervisor’s approval on all jobs.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Must be a high school graduate or have a G.E.D.
• Must have good color perception.
• Must pass color hue and vision tests.
• Must have 1 to 2 years’ experience working as a Feeder or Floor Help with some exposure to feeding on a sheet fed press.
• Must have working experience with color scanning equipment.
• Must have experience working with plastic substrates.
• Must have the ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
• Must have basic computer skills (data entry)

(Salary range based on experience)

Accurate Personnel provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.