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Recruiting for a Press Manager working for Eau Claire Printing (a division of Adams Publishing Group). We are searching for a career-oriented candidate who can lead a production team within a newspaper environment.

Job Summary
This position is responsible for managing and scheduling all pressroom production activities and acting as a communication link between external customers (if necessary), print sales executives, and inter company job planners as may be required. Pressroom Manager oversees daily printing and bindery operations in the manufacturing of APG Media of Wisconsin and commercial print publications in a cost-effective manner, with the highest quality standards available using existing technology. Meet customer expectations for reproduction quality, content freshness and productivity, while managing materials consumption cost-effectively. Evaluate equipment maintenance program and materials to improve Production Quality and Efficiency in a manner consistent with a plant and department wide continuous improvement process. Support and contribute to the development of a diverse work environment. Set an example by complying with policies/practices that ensure compliance with local, state, and federal laws and company policy regarding equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, regulatory agency safety and environmental requirements. Keep accurate, useful and timely operational and maintenance records. Work with the staff to set equipment maintenance priorities while still maintaining production requirements.

The successful candidate must be a flexible, self-starters, attentive to details, diplomatic, able to provide direction, and able to multitask. This position will work with different personality types and across a number of publications. Candidates for this position should have strong interpersonal skills and client orientation and exhibit an ability to work effectively with internal and external contacts as a team member as well as a team leader.

Essential Functions:

The successful candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of experience in the pressroom printing industry. Strong leadership, initiative, decision-making, staff development and interpersonal skills are critical. Five years experience as foreman/management or equivalent experience, in cold web, offset newspaper printing production environment. Well developed verbal and written communication skills are a must in addition to strong analytical and problem-solving skills that have been proven on the job.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and Outlook is required and have an intense knowledge of how all printing departments function to maximize efficiency. Extensive technical knowledge of and mechanical aptitude for offset printing techniques.

High School Diploma and equivalent work experience preferred.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

The fringe benefits include medical (split between employer and employee), dental and vision options (employee paid). There are three company-sponsored benefits, including short-term disability, long-term disability and a term life insurance policy.

The company pays for six major holidays

1. Thanksgiving

2. Christmas

3. New Year’s

4. Memorial Day

5. July 4th

6. Labor Day

In addition, employees accrue 3.33 hours of paid leave per pay period in the first year of employment (80 hours) and increasing to 5.0 hours per pay period (120 hours) after their one-year anniversary of employment. The company has the option of making a discretionary match to the 401K retirement plan after year’s end.