Job Description

Press Assistant

Looking to build a career in the printing industry? This Press Assistant role offers hands-on experience working alongside skilled press operators in a fast-paced production environment with opportunities to grow and learn advanced press operations.

Position – Press Assistant

Job Location – Sussex, WI

Starting Date – Immediate

Employment Term – Temp-to-Hire

Employment Type – Full-Time

Work Hours (Shift) – 3rd Shift

Starting Pay – Depends on Experience

Benefits – Medical, Vision, Dental, 401(K), Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Referral Bonus

Required Education – High School Diploma or GED

Required Experience – 1-2 years of manufacturing or printing experience preferred

Job Summary

As a Press Assistant, you will support press operations by preparing materials, monitoring print quality, and assisting with press setup and maintenance. This role plays a key part in ensuring print jobs meet quality standards, production schedules, and safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Inspect spin jets, mylar, paper, and labels to ensure conformance to specifications.
• Set up press feeders, including sucker position, pile height, side guides, and head stops.
• Apply ink to fountains and add fountain solutions to tanks.
• Run and make-ready sheets; rule up and fold down to ensure correct layout and pagination.
• Assist press operator in inspecting sheets during production for defects such as scumming, hickeys, marking, tinting, slurring, linting, and coating issues.
• Stack and palletize finished sheets to prevent offsetting or damage.
• Perform preventative maintenance including lubrication, roller changes, blanket preparation, and cleaning of water tanks and ink fountains.
• Operate print-related equipment such as ink mixing machines (GIF), load flippers, hand trucks, electric pallet jacks, and forklifts.
• Maintain pressroom cleanliness, chemical labeling per SDS standards, and overall organization.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of previous printing, press assistant, or manufacturing experience preferred.
• HS Diploma/GED required
• Ability to identify print quality issues and attention to detail.
• Mechanical aptitude and willingness to learn press operations.
• Ability to safely operate material handling equipment (forklift certification preferred).
• Strong teamwork, communication, and safety awareness.

Please send your resume to waukesha@seekcareers.com. Call or text 262-798-3036 or apply online at

Keywords: press assistant, printing, press operator helper, manufacturing, print production, offset press

About SEEK Careers/Staffing

You are a person with unique skills, experience and education. When you want to be heard and when you want to be matched with great career opportunities that are right for you, you can count on SEEK Careers/Staffing, Inc. Since 1971, our professional staffing consultants have been Servicing Your Success®. You’ll find that the process is thorough and that your experience is personalized. 

SEEK Careers/Staffing is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability or handicap, genetic, military status or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law.

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