Careers at JCSFY: 3D Print Farm & 3D Printing Roles
We run a production-focused 3D print farm—built for consistent output, repeatable quality, and operational discipline. If you’re someone who enjoys hands-on work, likes solving print problems, and cares about doing things the right way, we’d love to hear from you.
Now hiring: Print Farm Operations Team (Part-Time Contractor)
Company: JCSFY – JC Studio For You Print Farm
Position: Print Farm Operations Team
Description: Farmer / Rancher / Pit Crew / Harvester – Part-Time
Shift times: 9:00 am–1:00 pm
Location: 361 S. Main Street, Pataskala, Ohio 43062
Position details
This part-time, position is responsible for all steps of production from product origination to customer shipment. This versatile position involves rotation within the roles of Farmer, Rancher, Pit Crew and Harvester as described below.
Responsibilities of the Farmer
- Launch jobs to printers and monitor progress to ensure optimal farm production and efficiency during shift
- Pull jobs off of printers when completed, inspect for quality, and move the job to the Rancher
- Resolve printer issues quickly to maintain the highest farm productivity
- Keep area, including printers, clean and organized
Responsibilities of the Rancher
- Inspect quality of completed job
- Print SKU sticker and lightly affix to product (this is removed later by the Harvester)
- Maintain stock of felt or other associated production pieces for final product assembly
- Place job with SKU sticker, felt or other associated pieces for assembly in a bin and move to the Pit Crew shelves
Responsibilities of the Pit Crew
- Inspect quality of completed job
- Use appropriate tools and safety equipment in the pit crew to clean product as indicated to remove slight printing imperfections and smooth sharp edges, ensuring top-quality product performance
- Assemble any associated felts to grips or other product accessory item to complete the product production
- Place completed job with SKU sticker in bin and move to Harvester shelves
Responsibilities of the Harvester
- Inspect quality of completed job
- Perform final verification of correct product to SKU sticker
- Find associated order to this job and print shipping sticker. If order is complete, make notation in system and move to prep for mailing. If additional jobs are needed for shipment, place on bottom of Harvester shelves to await pending jobs.
- Prepare for mailing by selecting the smallest box possible to fit product, apply packaging to protect shipment, add JCSFY card and special customer gift, seal box and affix shipping sticker.
- Place prepared shipping box on shelf for USPS pick-up.
Additional skills
- Observe and share ideas for process improvement within the print farm operations
- Display consistent team approach and support all roles within JCSFY
- Provide feedback and recommendations to ensure a safe, clean, efficient work environment in all roles
- At end of shift, ensure area is clean and report on status of all jobs in queue with manager or next shift team
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Must have proper verification for employment eligibility
- Position may require longer periods of standing
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds
- Ability to perform repetitious tasks as needed in each role
- Additional experience in computers, 3D printing or print farm production is a plus
- Self-disciplined, energetic, passionate, and innovative
- Must be detail-oriented and highly organized
- Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
- Ability to interpret, adapt, and apply guidelines and procedures
- Ability to multi-task
- Ability to work independently and within a team environment
Designer interest (especially Blender)
Separately from operations roles, we also keep an eye out for designers—especially strong Blender talent (sculpting, scan cleanup, modeling, and rendering). If you’re a Blender-first designer, apply using the same form and include a link to your portfolio or examples of work.
What to include in your application (so we can respond faster)
When you apply through our basic JCSFY application (apply here), include:
- Your 3D printing background: years printing, printer models used, and what you typically print.
- Materials you’ve run: PLA, PETG, ASA, TPU, etc. and what you’ve learned about each.
- Examples of troubleshooting: a short “before/after” story is perfect.
- Any process improvements you’ve driven: even small wins count.
- Where you’re located and your availability.
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
Know Your Rights (Department of Labor posters)
Why a print farm career is different
Running one printer is a craft. Running a farm is operations engineering. At JCSFY, our goal is to behave like a Large-Scale Production 3D Print Farm—meaning we care about throughput, consistency, and repeatable outcomes at scale.
That means we value people who can combine “hands-on printer skill” with “systems thinking.” If that sounds like you, we should talk.
Reach out
If you want to work with a production-focused team, apply here: JC Studio (JCSFY) application.