Why Choose Us?

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.

Our Sustainability Commitment

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

Maintenance Planner|Hiring Immediately| Macon, Georgia

Compensation:

• Competitive starting pay range of $38.00-$45.00 per hour, paid weekly

Available Shift: 

• 1st Shift
• 12-hour
• 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
• 5-2-2-5 

TEXT TO APPLY NUMBER:

• 928-668-6539 (928-NOVOLEX)

Job Overview: The Maintenance Planner will be responsible for overseeing the maintenance planning process and for interfacing with the MRO Group for their procurement, inventory management, and distribution of parts necessary to support production and packaging equipment. This role will ensure operational efficiency, with a focus on minimizing downtime, optimizing maintenance costs, and ensuring parts availability for scheduled and unscheduled maintenance activities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Safety:

• Promote and enforce Pactiv Evergreen’s safety culture by ensuring zero safety issues in the plant.
• Monitor and enforce compliance with plant safety policies, ensuring proper equipment maintenance and safe practices.
• Ensure the correct safety documentation is utilized, in accordance with company policies.

Maintenance Planning:

• Own and manage the CMMS asset hierarchy and preventative maintenance schedules for all facilities, production lines, and support equipment, including packaging systems, material handling, and automation equipment.
• Oversee daily CMMS work order management, including assignment to available maintenance personnel, reviewing work completion, and ensuring timely closure of work orders.
• Collaborate with maintenance, production, and engineering teams to plan, schedule, and execute planned maintenance work, with the goal of maximizing equipment uptime while minimizing costs.
• Package planned work orders into parts kits and ensure availability of required materials before work begins, in coordination with the storeroom team.
• Accurately estimate labor, materials, and equipment costs for all planned maintenance activities.
• Assist in CMMS planning and execution for capital projects and plant upgrades.
• Lead weekly maintenance scheduling meetings with engineering, maintenance, and production teams to ensure work is properly prioritized and resources are allocated effectively.
• Utilize MTBF and root cause analysis methods to drive continuous improvement and eliminate equipment failures.

MRO Parts Interface:

• Communicate with the MRO Team to help facilitate the procurement, inventory, and management of all parts and materials required for production and maintenance.
• Collaborate with vendors to ensure parts and equipment components adhere to the appropriate technical standards.
• Ensure that parts retrieved from MRO storage are assigned to the appropriate work order.
• Regularly assess parts inventory levels, ensuring critical spares are stocked and non-essential items are minimized.

Excel Experience:

• Utilize advanced Excel skills to manage and analyze data related to maintenance planning, parts inventory, cost control, and performance tracking.
• Use Excel to create detailed reports and dashboards that track parts usage, maintenance schedules, work order statuses, and costs.
• Leverage Excel functions (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, Conditional Formatting, etc.) to identify trends and provide actionable insights that improve efficiency and reduce maintenance costs.

Qualifications:

• High school graduate or equivalent required.
• 3+ years of experience in industrial maintenance, particularly in packaging equipment or related systems such as electromechanical systems, hydraulic systems, and process water systems.
• Experience with CMMS systems such as Maintenance Connection, MP2, Maximo, or similar systems is preferred.
• Familiarity with SAP systems is preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including experience with functions like VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, and Conditional Formatting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Outlook) required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate across departments, including contractors, vendors, and senior management.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and able to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously with minimal supervision.
• Experience reading and interpreting mechanical drawings is preferred.
• Ability to acquire and maintain a forklift license within 60 days of hire/promotion.
• Ability to safely lift up to 50 pounds and work in a moderately conditioned industrial manufacturing environment.

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What You'll Get From Us

Benefits

With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

Community Engagement

At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

Training and Development

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, handicap or disability, genetics, citizenship status, service member or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. Any individual who, because of his or her disability, needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Company's application process should contact myHRservices@novolex.com.

Formerly Pactiv Evergreen