Press Operator - 3rd shift ( 11pm - 7am )

Join Our Team as a Press Operator at Sheridan!

Are you looking to join a dynamic team in the printing industry? Sheridan is a leading provider of printing and publishing services, specializing in solutions for scholarly journals, books, magazines, and catalogs. As a Press Operator, you will play a crucial role in our production process, ensuring high-quality printed materials for our clients.

Daily Responsibilities:

• Operate printing presses to produce high-quality printed materials
• Perform quality control inspections to ensure accuracy and consistency
• Conduct preventive maintenance on printing equipment
• Operate and maintain multi-color offset presses, including two-color, four-color, and multi-color work.
• Review job specifications to ensure correct processing and proper run sequence.
• Perform all make-ready tasks, which may include hanging plates.
• Adjust tension and register to meet quality standards.
• Examine plates for imperfections; check for correct operations during press runs.
• Make necessary color corrections and press adjustments prior to production runs to meet quality specifications.
• Clean, lubricate, and maintain the press, making minor repairs and replacing worn or broken parts as required
• Maintain accurate records and coordinate with supervisors regarding production issues.
• Performs other related duties and participates in special projects as assigned.

Required Skills:

• Experience operating printing press
• Strong attention to detail and quality control
• Ability to read a tape measure and perform basic math including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percentages.
• Requires comprehensive knowledge of a wide variety of techniques, procedures, materials, specifications, equipment, and safety requirements to setup, adjust, operate and maintain equipment to produce single-, two-, and/or multi-color work to critical tolerances.
• Skill in a wide-variety of complex manipulations and mechanical procedures to perform a variety of tasks to set-up, make major adjustments, and perform routine maintenance and minor repairs of equipment to produce single-, two-, and/or multi-color work.
• Ability to read and understand job specifications and knowledge of press capabilities to determine the most appropriate press usage, press settings and materials needed to run the job successfully.
• Skill in use of micrometer to mount and align the printing plate correctly.
• Read safety rules, instructions in the use and maintenance of shop tools and equipment and methods and procedures in mechanical drawing and layout work.
• Able to communicate effectively in writing using proper format, punctuation, spelling, and grammar, using all parts of speech.
• Apply problem solving skills.
• Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form.
• A team player who works well with others.

Nice to Have Skills:

• Experience running web offset presses
• Knowledge of preventive maintenance procedures

Salary and Benefits:

• Minimum Salary: $24.54/hour, will take experience into consideration.
• 10% shift premium for 3rd shift
• Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance
• 401(k), Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), Medical Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Tuition Reimbursement
• Holiday Pay, Paid Time Off, Long-Term Disability, Short-Term Disability

EEO Statement:

Sheridan is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.