Packaging Supervisor

The Grand Island Independent, a Lee Enterprises, Inc. paper is seeking a Full TimePackaging Supervisor, who is responsible for quality, timely and smooth evening/nightly operations such as packaging and inserting newspapers.  This key position as a working supervisor will provide leadership to the night employees who perform these functions in a regional printing press shop responsible for printing multiple newspapers for the region.

This position is responsible to:

• Prepare nightly paperwork, reports, and tracking documents
• Set up equipment such as inserter machine hoppers, compressors, stackers, conveyors and Mirasert
• Clean and lubricate machines and equipment
• Receive freight, stage pallets of print products, print and set up mail tags, mail sacking and label marking
• Monitor preprints and Miracom file movement, mark and sort bundle tops, label files and printing
• Tag/date incoming preprints, ensure packaging work floor is smooth and deadlines are met

 Why Join Us?

Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents. 

Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 74 markets in 26 states. Year to date, Lee's newspapers have an average daily circulation of 1.0 million, and our legacy websites, including acquisitions, reach more than 34 million digital unique visitors. 

Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net.

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply at https://lee.net/careers/ and search for Grand Island. Attach your resume, work samples, and references.