**Aerotek is hiring Printing Press Operator's! $27-$35+!** Join our dynamic production team as an Offset Printing Press Specialist, where precision meets creativity. In this hands-on role, you’ll operate a tandem 2-color offset lithography press with a trailing coater, ensuring every print meets the highest standards of quality and consistency. Your expertise will drive the success of each run, from setup to final inspection. **Responsibilities** + Daily Operations: Coordinate with the scheduling team to manage daily print jobs and ensure timely execution. + Press Setup & Calibration: Prepare the press with meticulous attention to detail—installing plates, adjusting rollers, and fine-tuning ink and water balance for optimal performance. + Team Leadership: Guide and train press assistants and oven tenders, ensuring smooth workflow and adherence to job specifications. + Quality Control: Monitor sheet output for defects, adjust oven temperatures for proper curing, and maintain consistent color and registration throughout the run. + Maintenance & Troubleshooting: Oversee the functionality of all press components, including feeders and coaters, and perform adjustments as needed to maintain peak performance. + Documentation & Sample Management: Retime registry systems and compile color samples for archival and reference purposes. **Essential Skills** + Strong in offset printing and press operation + Ability to interpret complex job specs and execute precise setups + Skilled in color matching, registration, and quality assurance + Experience leading small teams in a production environment + Comfortable working in a fast-paced, detail-oriented setting **Why Work Here?** + Compassionate Leave: Enhanced bereavement policy with extended paid time off for immediate family + Flexible PTO: 40 hours of paid personal time annually, usable in small increments + Generous Holidays: 12 paid holidays, including company-specific observances + Community Engagement: Paid time off for volunteer work + Parental Support: 100% paid parental leave for new parents + Structured Vacation: Clear and generous vacation policy **Work Environment** + Climate-controlled lithography department with a collaborative team culture + Available shifts: + 2nd Shift:3:00 PM – 11:00 PM + 3rd Shift:11:00 PM – 7:00 AM **Apply Now!** **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $72633.60 - $82388.80/yr. Bereavement Policy: Recently enhanced to provide additional paid time off for immediate family relationships, including parents, spouses, and children. Health, Safe, and Personal (HSP) Time Policy: Offers 40 hours of paid time off per year, separate from vacation time for appointments, personal needs, or emergencies. This time can be used in 1-hour increments, making it especially flexible. Holiday Policy: Includes 12 paid holidays annually, with a mix of standard legal holidays and additional JL Clark-specific holidays. Paid Time Off for Volunteer Work: A new policy allowing employees to volunteer in the community while receiving regular pay. Parental Leave Policy: Provides 100% paid time off for new parents; mothers, fathers, and adoptive parents alike. Vacation Policy: Details our vacation structure and guidelines. **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in Rockford,IL. **Application Deadline** This position is anticipated to close on Aug 22, 2025. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.