Floor Person

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including food service, 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.

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: $16.40 - $20.00 an hour

Shift Available: 1st and 3rd Shifts

Position Summary: Assist Shift Supervisor and Lead(s) with coordinating the daily work activities of packers to ensure that we are making quality product in a safe, efficient manner.

Essential Functions & Key Responsibilities:

• Work safely at all times, consistently following company safety policies and wearing required PPE.
• Maintain situational awareness on the production floor and notify a Supervisor or Manager immediately of safety concerns.
• Keep all production work areas clean and organized.
• Provide assistance to production packers assigned to faster, high volume or more complicated injection molding machines.
• Be familiar with packaging specifications and ensure that packers are following the specifications.
• Train new packers how to pack and how to identify quality defects in product and packaging materials.
• Relieve packers in assigned work area for breaks and at shift change, as needed.
• Make boxes/trays, label boxes and pack product as needed.
• Complete daily Floor Person Checklists.
• Escalate quality, machine or performance issues promptly to a Lead or a Supervisor to minimize defects and production downtime.
• Satisfactorily complete training courses as determined by management.
• Other tasks as needed or as assigned.

Candidate Requirements:

• Must be eligible to work in the United States
• Successful completion of pre-employment background and drug screen
• High School diploma or equivalent
• Knowledge of a manufacturing environment preferred
• Ability to communicate effectively in English (both written and verbal) and operate a computer in order to perform necessary documentation.
• This position requires standing, walking, bending, stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, climbing up and down stairs and lifting up to 30 lbs.
• Must be comfortable working in a typical manufacturing environment with seasonal heat/cold and sound related to machine operation as well as maintenance and facility repair activities.
• Must be able to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) as required by the task at hand.

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.

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.

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through My Learning. 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 .

Formerly Pactiv Evergreen