Press Operator Assistant

Description

We are hiring! Join a great team and work in an air-conditioned plant in Cheektowaga, NY. We are in need of a Press Assistant on 3rd shift . We offer competitive pay for this job and career progression to a higher Operator role. This role will be a temporary employee who we will grow into a ProAmpac employee.

Hours on 3rd shift are Sunday night through Thursday night 10:45PM to 645AM.

Rate of pay: $18hr plus $1.50 shift differential.

Come join ProAmpac who is one of the largest suppliers of consumer packaging products.

When hired as a ProAmpac employee, we offer a full benefits package!

Medical

Dental

Vision

Paid parental leave

Life Insurance

401k with generous company match

Paid vacation

11 paid holidays

Safety shoe allotment

Generous employee referral program

ProAmpac’s Employee Assistance Fund, and much, much more.

The Printer Assistant provides support services for the Printing Department personnel to keep presses functioning.

Job Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent education.

2 years of manufacturing experience preferred.

Ability to lift 50 pounds repeatedly during the shift.

Excellent communication, organizational and multi-tasking skills to facilitate shift to shift communication with Assistant Printers, Printer Operators and Production Supervisors and Leads.

Ability to read, comprehend and write simple correspondence is necessary.

Ability to read and interpret job orders to successfully and correctly set up and assist in running the product, in accordance with customer requirements.

A good eye for color is required, graphic design experience is preferred.

Ability to perform simple math equations.

Strong ability to read a tape measure accurately required.

Job Responsibilities:

Assists in printing operation and works with the Operator to create a quality product according to our customers specifications. This may include duties such as tightening shafts, pouring solvents, wrapping skids, checking tear sheets, and observing webs on the Printing Press.

Inspects the print job to ensure the highest quality and coordinates efforts to efficiently run the job.

Works with inks and utilizes the proper ink for individual work orders. This includes checking the viscosity of inks, maintaining color and proper quantities of ink and solvent appropriate for the job being run.

Prepares for the next production run by supplying the Press with ink, cores, and rolls.

Ensures and monitors Inks to keep press running.

Keeps the press area organized, swept, helps to clean presses and clear of debris.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Job Category: Operations/Production/Manufacturing

Full-Time