Job Description

Packaging Assistant - Part Time

Hearst Midwest Media has an opening for a Part Time Packaging Assistant on the Evening shift, Sunday- Friday. This position requires feeding pre-prints into an Inserting machine, inject-mailing, and postal distribution. Hearst Michigan Newspapers 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 Sun to Fri, 5 PM to 1 AM, three nights per week.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• 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