Printing Press Operator

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 is an essential member of the team, responsible for the manufacturing of printed labels while continuously monitoring label quality and press conditions. 

Why work at MCC: 

• Pay Range: $31.75-$43.50/hour - dependent on experience 
• Generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance and 401(k)
• Paid Holidays: New Years, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, plus two floating holidays

Responsibilities: 

• Our Printing Press Operators must adhere to all plant and corporate safety rules, procedures, and guidelines. 
• Reports all safety concerns or issues to their immediate supervisor. 
• Maintains a clean and safe work environment and area by completing daily housekeeping assignments. 
• Completes 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. 
• Responsible for completing all required quality checks related to product specifications, visual, and functional checks. Completes all press-side quality checks. 
• Operates press to produce product in accordance to customer specifications while maintain quality, waste, and press efficiency. 
• Maintains consistent quality during the production run. Critical quality checks includes: copy, color, and registration, and ink adhesion. Ensure conformance to all other quality checks. 
• Responsible for completing all related procedures, work instructions, and quality measurements as outlined in the BRC standard. 
• Completes press make ready’s in an efficient manner. 
• Completes all required equipment maintenance duties. 
• Cleans plate, cylinder, and ink pans, and lubricates press as needed. 
• Inputs all required information into the GlobeTek system for material usage and time in an accurate and prompt manner. 

Qualifications: 

• High school diploma or GED.
• 1+ years as a printing press operator experience and/or training.  
• Experience with Nilpeter or Galas printing presses would be ideal but not 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.

Diversity & Inclusion:

MCC fosters an inclusive culture that respects and embraces our teammates’ diverse backgrounds and experiences, so that everyone can achieve their full potential here. We aspire for our company to truly reflect the diversity of our customers and the markets we serve. We are committed to equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of peoples’ gender identity/expression, age, language, sexual orientation, ability, race, socioeconomic status, national origin or other characteristics. 

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.