Press Operator 3 - KBA

RR Donnelley•Durham, NC

8d•$27 - $45•Onsite

About The Position

RRD is a leading global provider of marketing, packaging, print, and supply chain solutions that elevate engagement across the complete customer journey. The company offers the industry’s most trusted portfolio of creative execution and world-wide business process consulting, with services designed to lower environmental impact. With 22,000 clients, including 93% of the Fortune 100, and 32,000 employees across 28 countries, RRD brings the expertise, execution, and scale designed to transform customer touchpoints into meaningful moments of impact. This role involves setting up, adjusting, operating, and maintaining a gravure press or a multi-color offset press to print various types of work with critical color values and registration requirements. The operator will review job specifications, perform make-ready tasks, make necessary color corrections and press adjustments, and maintain the press, including minor repairs and periodic maintenance.

Requirements

Comprehensive knowledge of a wide variety of techniques, procedures, materials, specifications, equipment, and safety requirements to set-up, 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
Skill 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

Nice To Haves

Navy MOS: LI:Lithographer
Marine MOS: 4620:Combat Lithographer
Army MOS: 83F:Printing and Bindery Specialist

Responsibilities

Set up, adjust, operate, and maintain a gravure press or, multi-color offset press to print single-color, two-color, and/or multi-color work which includes large solids, screen tints, line and halftones with critical color values and registration requirements ranging from hairline to critical
Review job specifications to determine the press setup according to the imposition of the run (sheet wise or work and turn)
Perform all make-ready tasks associated with the type of press operated such as hanging plates or installing cylinders, examine plates/cylinders for imperfections and checks for correct positioning of images, prepping blankets, adjusting tension and register etc.
Makes necessary color corrections and/or press adjustments prior to production run to meet and maintain the quality specifications of the work
Clean, lubricate, and maintain the press, making minor repairs and replacing worn or broken parts as required
Performs periodic maintenance recommended by the manufacturer.