Press Assistant at CCL Label Food and Beverage

CCL Label • Sioux Falls, SD

2d • Onsite

About The Position

We're seeking a mechanically-inclined, motivated and detail-oriented
candidate
to join our dynamic team in our press department. In this role, put
your mechanical aptitude to work by taking the skills you’ve already developed
and apply them to a new career in the print industry.

Don't worry if you don't have print industry experience, we are willing to train
the right person!

The print industry focuses on technological innovations, creative potential, and
growing focus on sustainability while providing you with an exciting opportunity
for diverse careers paths while learning gravure or flexographic printing.

You’ll play a vital role in supporting our production process for creating
innovative and eye-catching labeling and packaging designs that play a
significant factor in the customer experience by making the brands we support
stand out.

The ideal candidate will have customer-first mentality and a drive to ensure the
entire team reaches established goals. We're looking for somebody who's
hardworking, trustworthy, reliable and hungry to succeed. Our company focuses on
giving employees pride and ownership over the work they do. A person who
succeeds in this position will possess a desire to learn, a high level of
initiative, and strong trouble-shooting skills.

Our cutting-edge technology makes the labels and packaging for the world’s
biggest and most famous brands right here in Sioux Falls, SD!

A global supply chain leader and specialty packaging pioneer, CCL is the largest
label company in the world and provides innovative premium packaging solutions
to the Home & Personal Care, Premium Food & Beverage, Healthcare & Specialty,
Automotive & Durables and Consumer markets worldwide. CCL Label is the world’s
largest converter of pressure sensitive and extruded film materials for
decorative, functional and information labels.

We begin with Innovation. We specialize in making the labeling and packaging
that helps you choose the best products every day. A variety of decoration
technologies exist at CCL including digital, screen, offset, flexo, and
rotogravure printing. We also utilize combination presses that can combine the
different printing technologies and run them together with cold and hot
foil. CCL has state-of-the-art finishing equipment in place to supply labels
that live up to, and even exceed, customers’ expectations. Included are process
parameters like the reel winding and slitting tolerances. Material and/or
printing defects can be detected by automatic camera inspection systems and are
easily eliminated by the operators.

We make packaging solutions for:

Premium Food and Beverage
Home Care & Laundry
Beauty & Personal Care

We are looking for Press Assistants for all shifts. Highly competitive pay
based on skills.

Job Summary:

This position will assist the press operator in the set up and operating of the
printing press to produce defective free products by doing efficient set ups,
operating and changing over of the press following CCL’s Standard Operating
Procedures and provide product that is within established guidelines regarding
feet run per hour, waste standards and quality values

Requirements

• Good mechanical aptitude and skills
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers, fractions, and decimals quickly and correctly.
• Skill in practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions.
• Skill in performing measurement operations with units in imperial and metric systems.
• Ability to measure with exceptional accuracy using various measurement tools.
• Able to read, interpret and follow documents such as work instructions, safety rules, Standard Operating Procedures, and maintenance instructions/manuals to properly perform work.
• Ability to troubleshoot problems.
• Willingness and ability to work with other team members and management.
• Strong work ethic and good attitude towards work.
• Honest, reliable team player.
• Safety conscious and comply with all general safety policies and procedures in accordance with Company, State and Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules and regulations.
• High school diploma, GED or equivalent
• 6 months or more experience in manufacturing environment (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Stage all necessary components for the job, and ensure components are clean and in good operating condition and that secondary material are maintained to prevent downtime.
• Brings staged materials and tooling to press area
• Obtain color STD and SMP for current item
• Read docket and verify all ink, materials and dies are correct
• Load material on unwind and issue job in Syman
• Load die into die cassette and die cassette into press
• Check die to make sure it is in good working order
• Install aniloxes and inks according to SMP
• Scan inks into Syman
• Replace used doctor blades in holders and install in print stations.
• Remove print cylinders and wash up stations
• Perform preventative maintenance on the press and ancillary equipment
• Maintains a clean work area.
• Completion of required product and process audits.
• Operates pallet lifts, jacks, cranes and other lifting equipment as needed for material and product movement.
• Properly complete all documentation required on the computer or by hand to track the job.
• Properly use computer to enter/retrieve job specific information and complete/reference training documents.
• Perform tasks assigned by others in a diverse and varied work environment.
• Follows cGMP policy and Standard Operating Procedure
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• CCL offers a 3-day or 4-day work week in our production departments with day, night and weekend shifts available.
• We have an extensive benefits package that includes: vacation and paid personal off, health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) match up to 8%, company-paid life insurance and disability insurance, employee assistance program, flexible spending account, and tuition reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED