Screen Print Press Operator Lead

Overview

Nelson Miller Group (NMG) is a global provider of custom solutions across industrial, IoT, lighting, medical, telecommunications, consumer, and aerospace and defense sectors. We solve challenges in engineering design, manufacturing, and supply chain management, with expertise in HMI solutions, value-added distribution, plastics, membrane switches, overlays, touch panels, electronics, metals, and cables.

NMG is seeking a highly skilled Screen Print Press Operator Lead to join our team and play a crucial role in producing high-quality printed materials. This role involves setting up and operating automated screen printing presses and ensuring high-quality production. This position is on-site at our facility in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

• Machine operation:
  Set up, operate, and monitor screen printing presses (often multi-color) and other auxiliary equipment to ensure smooth and efficient production. Retrieve and organize printed parts for subsequent passes, ensuring a smooth workflow.
• Quality control:
  Perform quality checks to ensure prints meet customer specifications and standards, including tests like crosshatch ink adhesion and sizing verification.
• Troubleshooting:
  Identify and solve problems with equipment, ink, or print quality to minimize downtime.
• Team leadership:
  Train and support team members, share expertise, and guide the team to meet production goals and maintain a safe work environment. May manage a team of up to 4 employees.
• Maintenance & Troubleshooting:
  Perform routine cleaning of ink fountains, plates, and cylinders, and handle minor repairs using hand tools; notify management of significant equipment problems.
• Documentation:
  Track printed colors and verify ink accuracy using computer systems and other record-keeping procedures.
• Production Oversight:
  Review job orders to determine specifications such as quantities, stock, colors, and special instructions; verify that paper and ink meet all requirements.
• Inventory & Organization:
  Monitor inventory levels of supplies, request additional materials as needed, and contribute to a clean and organized shop environment.
• Environmental Monitoring:
  Monitor and adjust environmental factors like humidity and temperature to optimize equipment performance.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Experience:
  
  Minimum of three (3) years of printing experience with automatic presses; strong preference for screen printing. Prior apparel printing experience is a plus.
• Education:
  
  High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Leadership & Communication:
  Strong communication skills to collaborate with team members and supervisors; ability to guide and support other employees. Fluent reading, writing, and speaking of English.
• Technical Aptitude:
  Understanding of basic printing technologies and ability to make precise adjustments.
• Attention to Detail:
  Meticulous approach to quality control and delivering flawless prints.
• Problem-Solving:
  Ability to identify and troubleshoot issues with equipment or print quality.
• Independence:
  Ability to work independently under SOPs.
• Safety & Quality Focus:
  Commitment to safety, quality policies, procedures, work instructions, ISO
  9000 standards, and ITAR regulations.

Due to ITAR and/or CUI compliance, this position requires candidates to be a U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident Alien, or Protected Individual per 8 U.S.C.1324b(a)(3).

Candidates being considered for hire must pass a pre-employment background check.

Pay Range: $25 - $30 per hour (pay to be determined by experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities and alignment with market data).

Benefits Offered:
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage; company-paid basic life/AD&D insurance; voluntary supplemental insurances; flexible spending accounts; employee assistance program (EAP); sick leave, vacation time, and company-paid holidays. New England Keyboard also offers a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a safe harbor non-elective company contribution.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action:
New England Keyboard/Nelson Miller Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.