Material Handler - Sealing

Company Overview

Why Choose Us?

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.

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.

Novolex, Where Packaging Innovation Meets Career Opportunities!

Material Handler Sealing | Plant City, FL|
Hiring Immediately

• Competitive starting pay rate of $20.58 per hour, paid weekly
• Pay: Competitive starting pay rate based on experience and qualifications
• Increases: Eligible for annual and skill-based wage increases
• Bonuses: Eligible for a monthly bonus based on plant productivity
• Add EXTRA money to your paycheck by referring friends and family

• 2nd Shift 3 PM - 11 PM
• 3rd Shift 11 PM - 7 AM
• Standard M-F schedule
• Occasional weekend (Saturday/Sunday) production work is required at times

• Works to ensure that the supply of materials will remain continuous so that the production process is not halted and the demands of our customers are met.
• Supply OSI with skids.
• Loads skids onto Press. Removes skids and transfers to OSII or staging area.
• Use RF gun to track WIP.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Report any unsafe conditions that are encountered.
• Report any injury or near miss to Team Leader immediately.
• Do not perform a duty that appears to be unsafe without consulting a Team Leader.
• Recognize hazards of the job and learn how to avoid them.
• Follow BJAs and SOPs.
• Observe all Safety Rules.
• Wear safety equipment and protective devices as required: steel-toe shoes, hearing protection, cut-gloves, harness, etc.
• Keep work area clean and uncluttered.
• Conduct safe behavior observation on a weekly basis, 4 a month are required.

• Adhere to the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) policy.
• Every team member has a responsibility for ensuring the products we produce are safe and of good quality.
• Personally act with behaviors consistent with achieving and maintaining Safe Quality Foods certification.
• Behavior in the facility, and on equipment, shall not compromise the food safety goals.
• Follow responsibilities for this job description on make ready, start up, or change of/line clearance procedure.
• Do not run unsafe product.
• Support the goal of producing a food safe product by following all programs, policies, SOPs as well as GMPs.
• Report and/or fix problem that creates a Food Safety Hazard.
• Place suspect product on precautionary hold.

• Must be able to accurately observe correct paths of travel and areas for product placement.
• Must be able to communicate and exchange information with teammates.
• Must be able to operate equipment including desktop computers and handheld devices, firmly grasp tools and machinery.
• Climbing off and on forklift (height of 3 feet) for a minimum of 20 times per day.
• Looking over shoulder to right and left while reversing or driving backwards with product load up to 8 hours in one day.
• Bending at the waist, squatting with legs and knees, stooping with neck and back, reaching with shoulders and arms briefly up to a couple times a day.
• Operate right‑handed operating controls (little pressure required but frequent grabbing of controls).
• Sitting stationary on forklift for 8 to 12 hours.
• Changing battery (max. 3116 lbs) using hoist; will require some upper body control of swinging battery (abdominals and shoulders) and grasping.
• Looking up to 45 degrees tilting neck back when pulling orders, and putting pallet…