Lithographic Pressroom Operator (Heidelberg)

Build quality, sheet by sheet

Help us deliver precision packaging by running and maintaining a Heidelberg sheetfed offset press while upholding Snyder’s safety and quality standards.

Your impact

• 80%: Make-ready and operate the Heidelberg offset press to Snyder Pkg. quality benchmarks.
• 10%: Hang/position plates; set ink and fountain solution levels; execute core offset press tasks.
• 5%: Enter production data; complete required forms.
• 5%: Clean, service, and perform routine maintenance on the press.

What you’ll do

• Read job layouts and translate specifications into press settings.
• Prepare the press for production: plates, ink/water balance, registration, and substrate checks.
• Run production and perform pre-determined pull checks for color, registration, and defects.
• Troubleshoot print, mechanical, and setup issues swiftly to sustain throughput.
• Document operating conditions and maintenance; submit maintenance requests as needed.
• Carry out additional duties and priorities from the supervisor and plant manager.
• Consistently adhere to Snyder’s safety procedures and quality requirements.

Minimum qualifications

• Experience operating offset printing equipment; strong color vision.
• Foundational shop math (add, subtract, multiply, divide).
• Intermediate English communication (read/write/listen/speak).
• Basic computer skills for data entry, typing, and printing.
• Measurement fluency, including accurate ruler reading.

Key competencies

• Mechanical aptitude and a practical mindset.
• Ability to spot print defects quickly.
• Resourceful problem solving.
• Understanding of printing, die cutting, and gluing workflows.

Physical demands

• Manual loading and some climbing while operating semi-automatic equipment.
• Active, varied tasks with repetitive and intermittent motions.
• Requires strength and good eyesight.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

Work environment

General warehouse environment within a paperboard packaging facility; frequent reaching, bending, and lifting are part of the role.

Proficiency spotlight

• Shop Math Skills