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.

Compensation: $21.65 an hour - paid weekly + $.75 as shift differential for night shift

Shift Available: Nights

ROLE:  Monitor all blending equipment for proper and continuous feed operation to the production line(s). Leads the material related activities and is responsible to maintain a safe and well-kept area. Works closely with other members of the team to assure a cooperative and friendly atmosphere regarding the daily activities of production.

KEY JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Maintain safe, clean and friendly work environment
• Adjust blends within process limitations as directed that will produce various plastic parts, maintaining optimum operating efficiency and uptime
• Identify and troubleshoot needed repairs and utilize follow-up procedures of reporting
• Effectively generate work orders and document other related downtimes
• Work closely with process technician and other support staff to assure maximum quality levels and machine up time
• Ability to read and understand equipment manuals and diagrams
• Ability to read and understand metric system measurements
• Clean and replace filters as needed
• Correctly identify all materials
• Identify and transport all material to the warehouse area
• Drain material systems for Setups and PM’s.
• Keep tunnel and compactor area clean and orderly
• Ability to work in fast paced environment
• Other duties as necessary    

Technical Competencies

Communication/Teamwork:

• Ability to communicate effectively and work closely and productively as part of a cross-functional team
• Ability to create and/or exhibit an atmosphere of openness, honesty, trust and teamwork

Safety:

• Demonstrates ability to understand and actively participate in all company safety programs, policies and procedures
• Demonstrates ability to operate equipment in a safe and responsible manner

Quality/Product Safety/Housekeeping:

• Ability to develop and maintain processes that are compliant with all internal and external quality and product safety requirements

• Ability to be a self starter and work independently
• Demonstrates ability to perform quality checks per procedure
• Can demonstrate proper procedure used to grind scrap plastic for reuse

Operate Equipment:

• Ability to operate motorized equipment and other peripheral equipment safely and efficiently as required
• Ability to operate thermoforming and/or blending equipment and peripherals

Product Knowledge:

• Demonstrates knowledge of Novolex products and materials and can differentiate between them   

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