- Location
- Houston, Texas, United States · published · Deer Park, Texas, United States
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Operations
- Source
- Workable
Description
Summary
Ironwear is hiring a Screen Printing Operator to customize safety vests and other personal protective equipment at our Deer Park, Texas facility. You'll work in a dedicated print room with screen-printing presses and drying equipment, producing consistent prints on protective apparel.
You'll take each screen-printing job from screen and ink preparation through printing, drying and quality checks. Pad-printing and heat-transfer jobs may also be part of the role depending on current work orders.
This is a full-time, on-site position.
Schedule
Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM.
Responsibilities
- Set up and register multi-color screen-printing jobs.
- Adjust print alignment and prepare inks and materials to match each job's requirements.
- Match artwork, work orders and pick tickets to the correct screens and products before printing.
- Operate screen-printing, pad-printing, heat-transfer and drying equipment safely. Follow safety procedures when handling inks and cleaning materials, and promptly report equipment problems.
- Check placement, alignment, color consistency and ink coverage against artwork and work orders at setup and throughout production. Make adjustments or promptly report quality issues.
- Clean and maintain printing equipment, prepare and reclaim screens, and keep the work area organized.
- Coordinate with the production team to meet daily output expectations and shipping deadlines.
Nice to have
- Previous experience with screen-printing presses, pad-printing equipment or heat-transfer equipment. Two or more years of printing experience is a plus.
- Familiarity with job setup and breakdown, screen preparation and reclamation, ink mixing, multi-color print registration, and four-color or simulated-process printing.
- Basic mechanical aptitude or previous hands-on manufacturing or production experience.