Packaging Assistant, Part Time

Packaging Assistant - Part Time — Evening shift, Sunday–Friday (5:00 PM–1:00 AM). This position involves feeding pre-prints into an inserting machine, inject-mailing, and postal distribution. Hearst Midwest Media prints 4 Dailies and Weeklies owned by Hearst, plus a variety of Commercial Printing. We are seeking an individual with high standards in quality, maintenance, and crew leadership. Shifts are Sunday to Friday, 5 PM to 1 AM, three nights per week.

• General cleaning of work areas, cleaning of our printing plant including restrooms.
• Assisting in machine setup including bundle tops for mailing process
• Jogging and loading preprints into the machine
• Catching bundles off the packaging end of machine
• Strapping bundles with Strapper
• Stacking strapped bundles onto skids or carts
• Delivering finished products to staging areas for delivery or pickup with skid jack
• Tagging totes and mail bags with proper tags
• Cleanup of skids, bundles, and papers for recycling

• Strong attention to detail and proofreading skills
• Willingness to work in several different departments doing various duties.
• Self-motivated
• Self-starter
• Complete tasks that are given
• Computer skills
• Mechanical abilities
• Ability to lift up to 20 lbs

• Entry level

• Part-time

• Information Technology

• Newspaper Publishing