Flexo Press Operator

CP Flexible Packaging•Bristol, PA

About The Position

C-P Flexible Packaging is a successful and fast-growing essential manufacturing company that uses an impressive array of digital pre-press and wide-web flexographic printing capabilities and extrusion and adhesive laminators to produce creative flexible packaging solutions for our customers. With a primary focus on serving the food industry, C-P specializes in roll stock, pouches, re-sealable packaging and shrink sleeves. Due to the continued growth and expansion of CP Flexible Packaging, we are looking for an experienced Printing Press Operator to join our Press team on the 7pm-7am shift. Typical duties of the Operator include: Set up and runs press to meet customer and CP Flexible quality specifications. Make job changes, which include washing up press, changing cylinders, setting up ink pumps, and running jobs. Running press at production speeds of CP Flexible standards. Perform quality checks. Mix, tone, and adjust inks. Maintains safe and orderly work area. Directs assistant to make sure quality, production, minor maintenance, housekeeping, and safety needs are met Trains new operators in all procedures required operating press. Complete production and waste reports. Cleaning press, lubrication, and other miscellaneous items as needed. Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Requirements

Education and /or Experience: A high school diploma or general education degree (GED); Must have a minimum of 1 year of printing press experience on wide web flexographic presses for the Operator role.
Must be good with your hands and mechanically inclined.
Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information on one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and other employees of the organization.
Mathematical Skills: The ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent. Ability to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry detailed but uncomplicated written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Computer Skills: Familiar with computer and other various office equipment.
Physical Demands: While preforming the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and use hands to finger. The employee is frequently required to sit, handle, feel and reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee, on occasion, must climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors) and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while preforming the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While preforming the duties of the job, the employee is occasionally required to work with fumes or airborne particles and with toxic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is loud (manufacturing floor) and hearing protection is required.
Other Work Requirements: Overtime is required.

Responsibilities

Set up and runs press to meet customer and CP Flexible quality specifications.
Make job changes, which include washing up press, changing cylinders, setting up ink pumps, and running jobs.
Running press at production speeds of CP Flexible standards.
Perform quality checks.
Mix, tone, and adjust inks.
Maintains safe and orderly work area.
Directs assistant to make sure quality, production, minor maintenance, housekeeping, and safety needs are met
Trains new operators in all procedures required operating press.
Complete production and waste reports.
Cleaning press, lubrication, and other miscellaneous items as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned by management.