Press Support

Forum-Communications; Detroit Lakes (MN); On-site; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision packages

Paid maternity and parental leave

Company-paid short-term disability and

life insurance

Retirement benefits with company match

Generous PTO and paid volunteer hours

Job summary

Forum Communications Printing in Minnesota seeks a reliable press operator to support setup, maintenance, and quality control in a fast-paced printing plant. The role includes operating forklifts, handling inks and substrates, and ensuring safety compliance.

Qualifications include being at least 18 years old and able to read and comprehend instructions. This is a full-time on-site position with opportunities for professional growth in a large family-owned company.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Ability to read and comprehend instructions and short correspondence.

Responsibilities

• Assist with equipment set-up and routine maintenance.
• Operate forklift and pallet jacks.
• Maintain levels of ink, paper, and plates.
• Quality control.
• Responsible for general maintenance and housekeeping of the press.
• Abide by all OSHA regulations and other established company safety policies.
• Maintain prompt and reliable attendance.

Skills

Reading comprehension

Attention to detail

Job description

Description

With locations in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota, Forum Communications Printing addresses commercial printing and mailing needs with our high-quality print and mail solutions. Services include magazine, catalog, book, and tradeshow printing, brochures, direct mailers, postcards, variable data printing, statements, glossy inserts, annual reports, fulfillment, first class mail pick-up, and print & digital publications. Forum Communications Printing is part of Forum Communications Company, a 5th-generation, family-owned, Upper Midwest media company.

Essential Functions

• Assist with equipment set-up and routine maintenance.
• Operate forklift and pallet jacks.
• Maintain levels of ink, paper, and plates.
• Quality control.
• Responsible for general maintenance and housekeeping of the press.
• Abide by all OSHA regulations and other established company safety policies.
• Maintain prompt and reliable attendance.

Non-Essential Duties and Functions

• Performs additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Ability to read and comprehend instructions and short correspondence.

Environment and Cognitive/Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Prolonged periods of walking, standing, lifting, handling and moving items.
• Ability to stoop, bend, push and pull items.
• Requires full use of hands, arms, finger dexterity and hand-eye coordination.
• Occasionally required to lift and /or move up to 50 lbs.
• Physically able to operate machinery.
• Frequent exposure to vibration, fumes or airborne particles, and risk of electrical shock.
• Works in a printing plant environment. Work with moving machinery and hazardous materials such as inks and solvents. Exposure to loud noises and moving mechanical parts.

Expected compensation for this role is $18/hr.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Forum Communications Company is a family-owned media and technology leader with more than a century of delivering trusted, quality journalism and innovative business solutions. Storytelling is at the heart of who we are, but today, we’re so much more than a newspaper. As one of the Upper Midwest’s leading media organizations, we’re driving the future across print and digital news, sports streaming, technology, broadcasting, commercial printing, and full-service agency advertising.

Forum Communications Company offers the following to all Full-Time and 32-Hour Benefited employees:

• Health, dental, and vision packages
• Paid maternity and parental leave
• Company-paid short-term disability and life insurance
• Additional options for critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity coverage
• Retirement benefits with company match
• Generous PTO and paid volunteer hours

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. FCC currently does not offer employer sponsorship.