Steven Otey
Hardinsburg
Summary
Accomplished Printing Press Operator with extensive experience at MCC Louisville. Expert in press maintenance and flexographic printers, ensuring top-tier quality control. Demonstrated strong mechanical aptitude and attention to detail, achieving 99% accuracy in completed orders. Adept at specification matching and color correcting, consistently enhancing production efficiency and meeting employer standards.
Detail-oriented Printing Press Operator with 20 years of experience. Adept at meeting long-term goals through the day-to-day organization and providing individualized services. Successful at preventive maintenance.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Printing Press Operator
MCC Louisville
01.2023 - 06.2025
- Set up and operated printing press machines.
- Multi-tasked to keep all assigned projects running effectively and efficiently.
- Reviewed completed orders for quality and accuracy.
- Analyzed daily density readings from each printer to detect potential quality issues.
- Examined job orders to determine quantity, stock specifications, colors and special printing instructions.
- Checked job information at each press to verify that correct ink was delivered.
- Maintained register during make-ready and productions processes.
- Adjusted press during production runs to maintain specific registration and color densities.
- Successfully completed monthly safety training sessions.
- Promptly removed completed loads from press.
- Loaded and positioned unprinted materials.
Press Operator
Boxmaker
07.2019 - 12.2022
- Operated press to achieve highest print quality and productivity with minimal scrap.
- Loaded and positioned raw materials in loading and feeding mechanisms.
- Followed safety protocols to reduce operating risks on press machinery.
- Assembled and adjusted press parts to print products in accordance with customer specifications.
- Adjusted press settings and monitored ink flow to foster optimal results.
- Troubleshot press malfunctions and performed necessary repairs to restore functionality.
- Performed regular maintenance on press machinery to optimize performance.
- Made timely adjustments to machine operations and components to meet demands of different production orders.
- Checked completed work to identify flaws and sort items by grade.
- Kept equipment clean, repaired, and lubricated to maximize performance.
- Used gauges, calipers, and other devices to take measurements and identify problems.
- Followed company policies and OSHA requirements to maintain work safety.
- Removed excess materials during and after runs and collected for reuse or put into removal bins.
- Upheld housekeeping standards by keeping space clean and free of hazards.
- Restocked workstations with supplies to prevent work delays.
- Logged, trafficked, and updated projects in job management software.
- Moved materials and fixtures such as paperboard rolls, dies and repeats using pallet jacks, hand carts, and forklifts.
- Reviewed work orders to determine materials needs, where to make cuts and how to complete high-quality products in line with specifications.
- Installed plates and wash blankets and verified copy checks, correct ink, scores, and barcodes.
- Oversaw feeding, printing, and delivery process of press machines to maintain specified levels of operation.
- Troubleshot and resolved various issues with machinery, maintaining quality and performance.
- Multi-tasked to keep all assigned projects running effectively and efficiently.
- Reviewed completed orders for quality and accuracy.
- Promptly removed completed loads from press.
Press Operator
Alliance Packaging
05.2005 - 03.2017
- Operated press to achieve highest print quality and productivity with minimal scrap.
- Loaded and positioned raw materials in loading and feeding mechanisms.
- Followed safety protocols to reduce operating risks on press machinery.
- Assembled and adjusted press parts to print products in accordance with customer specifications.
- Adjusted press settings and monitored ink flow to foster optimal results.
- Troubleshot press malfunctions and performed necessary repairs to restore functionality.
- Performed regular maintenance on press machinery to optimize performance.
- Made timely adjustments to machine operations and components to meet demands of different production orders.
- Checked completed work to identify flaws and sort items by grade.
- Kept equipment clean, repaired, and lubricated to maximize performance.
- Used gauges, calipers, and other devices to take measurements and identify problems.
- Followed company policies and OSHA requirements to maintain work safety.
- Removed excess materials during and after runs and collected for reuse or put into removal bins.
- Upheld housekeeping standards by keeping space clean and free of hazards.
- Restocked workstations with supplies to prevent work delays.
- Logged, trafficked, and updated projects in job management software.
- Moved materials and fixtures such as paperboard rolls, dies and repeats using pallet jacks, hand carts, and forklifts.
- Reviewed work orders to determine materials needs, where to make cuts and how to complete high-quality products in line with specifications.
- Installed plates and wash blankets and verified copy checks, correct ink, scores, and barcodes.
- Oversaw feeding, printing, and delivery process of press machines to maintain specified levels of operation.
- Troubleshot and resolved various issues with machinery, maintaining quality and performance.
- Multi-tasked to keep all assigned projects running effectively and efficiently.
- Reviewed completed orders for quality and accuracy.
- Promptly removed completed loads from press.
Education
Kentwood High School
Kent06-1992
Skills
- Press maintenance
- Flexographic printers
- Strong mechanical aptitude
- Color correcting
- Tool changing
- Quality control inspection
- Strong attention to detail
- Specification matching
Timeline
Printing Press Operator
MCC Louisville
01.2023 - 06.2025
Press Operator
Boxmaker
07.2019 - 12.2022
Press Operator
Alliance Packaging
05.2005 - 03.2017
Kentwood High School
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