Title: Press Operator

Requisition ID: 796

Location:

Gordonsville, TN, US, 38563

Department: Manufacturing & Operations

Travel: No Travel Required

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At Graphic Packaging International, we produce the paper cup that held your coffee this morning, the basket that transported those bottles of craft beer you enjoyed last weekend, and the microwave tray that heated your gourmet meal last night. We’re one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging for some of the world’s most recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care and pet products. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are collaborative, diverse, innovative individuals who create inspired packaging while giving back to our communities.

With over 25,000 employees working in more than 130 locations worldwide, we strive to be environmentally responsible in our industry and in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefits programs that are among the industry’s best to reward the talented people who make our company successful.

If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we’d love to hear from you.

A World of Difference. Made Possible.

Set and maintain color and machine capability production standards.
Perform tasks associated with the preparation, operation, housekeeping and minor maintenance of the press and printing work area.
Inspects completed work to detect defects and verify conformance to work order specifications, and adjust machinery as necessary to correct variations
Perform tasks associated with the movement of raw, in process and finished material. Use material handling machinery, tools as required.
Keeps daily time and materials usage reports and records information in SAP and PEAK
Performs Preventative Maintenance tasks associated with production.
Disassembles machines to maintain, repair, or replace broken or worn parts, using hand tools
Perform housekeeping duties
Ability to work eight to twelve-hour shifts, including overtime
Press Operator; Operates and troubleshoots printing press equipment
Press Operator; Clears jams, preps machine, including preparing make ready equipment to meet customer specifications,
Press Operator; Adjusts machine controls to correct variations and verifies quality of finished product to look for defects in print quality, such as register, print-to-cut, and other such defects as cut scores, bent flaps and curl.
Shares an obligation to protect and strengthen Graphic Packaging International’s good reputation in our relationships with customers, employees, suppliers, competitors, investors, and governmental agencies, and to act consistently with our core values: Integrity, Respect, Accountability, Relationships, and Teamwork

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

High School Diploma, GED
Basic computer skills, data entry
Visual Color Discrimination, the ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of colors

Graphic Packaging is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All candidates will be evaluated on the basis of their qualifications for the job in question. We do not base our employment decision on an employee's or applicant's race, color, religion, age, gender or sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic identity, genetic information, disability, veteran/military status or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. Click here to view the Poster, EEO is the Law.