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Press Operator Team Lead

Multi-Color Corporation MCC
Chesapeake, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/8/2026

Build your Career with an Industry Leader

As the global leader of premium labels, MCC helps brands stand out in competitive markets and inspire positive consumer experiences. Backed by over a century of printing experience, MCC is focused on the future by developing consumer-driven innovations and sustainable packaging solutions. Working for our team, you can truly make a difference.

The Press Operator Lead is an essential member of the team, responsible for the manufacturing of printed labels while continuously monitoring label quality and press conditions, while leading/supervising a team of print operators.

Why work at MCC:

  • $2,500 Sign-On Bonus
  • Generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance and 401(k)
  • Paid Holidays: New Years, Day after New Years, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day

Responsibilities:

  • Oversees timekeeping, attendance, performance reviews, training, and development
  • Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned
  • Manages Press Operators performing the following duties:
    • Adhering to all plant and corporate safety rules, procedures, and guidelines.
    • Reporting all safety concerns or issues to management.
    • Maintaining clean and safe work environment and area by completing daily housekeeping assignments.
    • Completing make-ready in accordance with the Job Ticket and Product Specification documents to ensure correct print cylinders, inks, substrates, tooling, and anilox rollers are used.
    • Completing all required quality checks related to product specifications, visual, and functional checks; completing all press-side quality checks.
    • Operating press to produce product in accordance to customer specifications while maintain quality, waste, and press efficiency.
    • Maintaining consistent quality during the production run. Critical quality checks includes: copy, color, and registration, and ink adhesion. Ensuring conformance to all other quality checks.
    • Completing all related procedures, work instructions, and quality measurements as outlined in the BRC standard.
    • Completing press make ready's in an efficient manner.
    • Completing all required equipment maintenance duties.
    • Cleaning plate, cylinder, and ink pans, and lubricates press as needed.
    • Inputting all required information into the Radius system for material usage and time in an accurate and prompt manner.

Qualifications:

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Previous Supervisory / Team Lead experience required.
  • 1 years as a Printing Press Operator experience and/or training required
  • The physical demands require standing, using hands to feel and touch; reach with arms and hands; talk and hear.
  • This position requires frequent walking.
  • Occasionally employee is required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
  • Must be able to regularly lift or move up to 50 pounds.

The physical demands require standing, using hands to finger, feel and touch; reach with arms and hands; talk and hear. This position requires frequent walking. Occasionally employee is required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Must be able to regularly lift or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision requirements are close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

For over a century, Multi-Color Corporation (MCC) has crafted premium labels for the world's most iconic and recognizable brands. Our labels elevate emotional connections with consumers and help brands stand out in competitive markets. Honoring our rich history as a market leader, we focus on the future by developing sustainable packaging solutions and consumer-driven innovations.

MCC combines global reach with the personalized touch of local service through our network of facilities across 25 countries. More than 12,000 teammates come together to make our industry-leading work possible and bring our True Colors to life. Join us at MCC, where every product is Labeled with Care. Learn more at www.mcclabel.com.

If you need assistance or an accommodation in applying, please contact our Human Resources Department at recruiting@mcclabel.com.

Multi-Color is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.


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