Lead Manufacturing Operator Technician – Press

Job Summary

Duties/Responsibilities

• Assist in achieving, maintaining and monitoring quality of signatures throughout the press run to include achieving and maintaining proper ink and water balance; maintaining consistent acceptable color; assisting with web alignment, set margins, slitters, and cut off; and working with customers to achieve acceptable levels of quality.
• Provide effective crew leadership which includes serving as a positive role model to crew members in the areas of safety, work ethic, and morale; rotating crew members throughout shift to provide for breaks and reduce fatigue as time allows; providing feedback to supervisors regarding staffing and training of press crew; motivating staff in support of department objectives and timely and effective schedules to ensure production goals; assigning crew members to job tasks to meet production and quality requirements and allow for and assist in training situations as needed; providing training to crew members to ensure they can perform the next level position; and promoting the concept of working together as a team and with other departments, shifts, and crews to build continual improvement within Sheridan.
• Work with crew and supervisors to establish and review a list of maintenance tasks to be performed during make-readies and scheduled downtime, assign duties as necessary.
• Order plates when necessary; provide appropriate information when placing order; and ensure that correct proofs are available for each job and returned upon completion of the job.
• Ensure that proper ordered counts are achieved according to print order, and properly recorded in our system.
• Determine first save copies on all start-ups; pull appropriate hourly pulls and samples.
• Pre-plan and execute make-readies in a timely and effective manner. Understand barriers and assist with breaking them down for continuous improvement.