Printing Press Team Lead - 3rd Shift

MCC • Knoxville, TN

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About The Position

The Printing Press Team Lead is an essential member of the manufacturing team, responsible for supporting the production of printed labels while monitoring product quality and press conditions. The role helps coordinate work on the production floor, supports operators and supervisors, trains new operators, and may operate a press as needed to meet production goals. The Team Lead ensures work follows customer specifications, job documentation, safety requirements, quality procedures, and production standards.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Ability to stand; use hands to finger, feel, and touch; reach with arms and hands; and talk and hear.
• Frequent walking; occasional climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• Ability to regularly lift or move up to 50 pounds.
• Close, distance, color, and peripheral vision; depth perception; and ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

• Follow plant and corporate safety rules, procedures, and guidelines; report safety concerns to the immediate supervisor.
• Maintain a clean and safe work area by completing daily housekeeping assignments and identifying or correcting production-floor hazards.
• Participate in startup meetings, help the supervisor conduct meetings, attend War Room meetings and Gemba walks, and answer questions about press-related issues.
• Perform production job and rewind signoffs, and sign off on HxH and SQDC boards.
• Assist press operators with production issues and color matching; perform spot checks and help ensure operators produce quality product.
• Work with kitting to ensure jobs are correct and help supervisors make production-floor decisions when necessary.
• Operate a press as needed to meet production goals and cover the production floor when the supervisor is absent.
• Train new operators and turret operators on production procedures.
• Enter stop observations, nonconformances (NCs), end-of-shift reports, and other required production information in Radius.
• Complete make-ready according to Job Ticket and Product Specification documents, ensuring the correct print cylinders, inks, substrates, tooling, and anilox rollers are used.
• Complete required quality checks for product specifications, including visual, functional, and press-side checks.
• Operate presses to meet customer specifications while maintaining quality, waste, and press efficiency; maintain consistent quality throughout production runs.
• Check copy, color, registration, ink adhesion, and other required quality criteria.
• Follow procedures, work instructions, and quality measurements required by the BRC standard.
• Complete press make-readies efficiently and perform required equipment maintenance.
• Clean plates, cylinders, and ink pans, and lubricate presses as needed.
• Enter accurate and timely material usage and time information in Radius.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and two floating holidays

What This Job Offers

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