Press Assistant / Feeder Person

Serigraph has over 70 years of experience in printing, advanced decorating technologies and graphic solutions for the automotive, appliance, consumer, medical, power sports, and point-of-purchase markets.  Our core business is decorating plastic.  We print, form, mold, finish and fulfill in-house.  Serigraph specializes in transforming our customer’s brands to the physical world through print.  Come help us build a team of creative problem solvers who know they can make a difference—because that’s the kind of community we want.

The average Serigraph employee has more than 16 years of service!  The tenure of our coworkers speaks volumes for life at Serigraph. Serigraph employees enjoy:

Competitive wages with shift premiums

Access to earned wages before the scheduled payday

A clean and air-conditioned environment

Paid time off, 10 paid holidays, and a vacation buy/sell program

Paid lunch breaks and holidays included in overtime

Free onsite healthcare and telemedicine including COVID testing

Full benefits package including health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance

401(k) eligibility on day one

Free onsite fitness facility and walking trails

Cross training, growth, and promotion from within

Prepare offset color press for production runs per job ticket, including filling fountains with ink, obtaining and loading stock, and adjusting feeder head, paper guides, and suckers.

Monitor paper feed and sheet travel during production; make necessary adjustments to maintain continuous operation.

Inspect printed sheets for quality issues; identify problems and make corrective adjustments, including monitoring conductivity and alcohol levels.

Perform routine press clean-up, including gumming and washing plates, cleaning blankets, and lubricating/oiling the press as needed.

Replace blankets and fill heat exchangers with water.

Retrieve stock, ink, and other pressroom supplies as required.

Assist with the operation of other offset presses as directed.

Ensure quality and stop production to correct quality concerns.  Inform management of products and/or processes that do not conform to requirements.

Ensure all environmental practices and materials are handled and disposed of per appropriate procedures in your area.

Support Serigraph's current quality business system and understand the use of SPECS, the Serigraph quality manual.

High school diploma or equivalent.

Knowledge of good departmental and company safety/housekeeping/PPE practices.

Understand departmental procedures and policies.

Ability to interpret and understand job tickets.

Ability to accurately enter information into the ERP system.

Prior experience assisting in training feeder persons, vocational students, or apprentices.