Offset Sheetfed Press Operator

Position: Offset Sheetfed Press Operator (Team Lead)

Location: Garner, NC

Pay: $38 to $43/hour

Experience: 5 years of experience in offset lithography with Heidelberg sheetfed (e.g., Speedmaster) or equivalent presses.

Type: Full-time; Direct Hire

Schedule

• Day Shift: 5:30am to 5:30pm (3x a week)
• Night Shift: 5:30pm to 5:30am (3x a week)
  
  

Greene Resources is seeking an Offset Sheetfed Press Operator (Team Lead) to join a growing and dynamic team!

Job Description

• Run the start‑of‑shift huddle: safety alerts, job priorities, quality focus points, and resource assignments.
• Coordinate crew assignments across Heidelberg presses based on job complexity, skills, and priorities.
• Serve as the first responder for technical issues (registration, color, web/sheet handling, marking, scumming, streaking, roller settings).
• Oversee shift handoff communications and ensure complete documentation in job travelers/press logs.
• Ensure efficient make‑ready practices: plate mounting, blanket/cylinder checks, ink/water balance, wash‑ups, and changeovers.
• Validate imposition, plates, substrates, and ink sets before release to production; escalate discrepancies to Prepress/Planning.
• Achieve/maintain color standards (densities, ΔE, gray balance, G7 targets where applicable) and document results.
• Maintain documentation and traceability (lot/batch tracking for inks/substrates, line clearance, label control) as required by customers and, where applicable, GMP/ISO standards.
• Conduct and enforce operator PMs (roller care, blankets, filters, lubrication, wash systems) and escalate issues for maintenance.
• Verify tooling and consumables readiness (plates, blankets, fountain solution, pressroom chemistry, wash rags, spray powder).
• Support root cause analysis for downtime, quality defects, or repeat issues; drive corrective actions.
• Ability to operate offset presses as needed.
• Enforce safety procedures (LOTO, nip guards, chemical handling, ergonomics) and report near‑misses/incidents.
• Promote a culture of ownership, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Position Requirements

• Demonstrated proficiency in make‑ready, color management, and troubleshooting on multi‑color presses (aqueous/UV coatings a plus).
• Strong understanding of substrates, ink/water balance, coatings, and pressroom chemistry.
• Ability to read job tickets, color standards, proofs, and prepress documentation (plates/impositions).
• Proven leadership in a working lead or senior operator capacity—coaching, prioritizing, and communicating.
• Basic PC skills; comfort with press consoles, data entry, and quality recording systems.
• Frequent standing, walking, reaching, and lifting up to 50 lbs; manual handling of paper, plates, blankets.
• Work in a production environment with inks, coatings, solvents, noise; required use of PPE.
  
  

Job Perks

• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Comprehensive and Competitive Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
• Company Paid Short-Term Disability Insurance and Life Insurance
• Long-Term Disability, Supplemental Life, Accident and Critical Illness Coverage Plans
• Excellent 401(k) retirement plan with generous company contribution
• We pride ourselves in investing in our employees by offering onsite training and the ability to have unlimited growth
• potential within our organization
• We believe in rewarding our employees with performance-based salary increases
  
  

Greene Resources is part of Array Corporation, the leading technology-enabled workforce solutions company whose mission is to fix how work is bought, sold and delivered to enable access to the American Dream.

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

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