LTO Associate

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.

Company Overview

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. 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.

Lift Truck Operator Associate | Manteno, IL | Now Hiring

Compensation

• $20.25 per hour (with $1.00 Shift Premium)

Available Shift

• 3rd Shift 10:45pm-7:15am Monday - Friday

• Loads, unloads, and moves materials within or near plant, yard, or work site by performing the following duties.
• Reads work order or follows oral instructions to ascertain materials or containers to be moved.
• Loads and unloads materials onto or from pallets, trays, racks, and shelves by hand or fork truck.
• Loads materials into vehicles and installs strapping, bracing, or padding to prevent shifting or damage in transit.
• Conveys materials from storage or work sites to designated area.
• Counts, weighs, and records number of units of materials moved or handled on daily production sheet.
• Attaches identifying tags or labels to materials or marks information on cases, bales, or other containers.
• Stacks or assembles materials into bundles and bands bundles together.
• Lifts heavy objects by hand or with power hoist, and cleans work area, machines, and equipment to assist machine operators.
• Shovels loose materials such as sand, gravel, metals, plastics, or chemicals, into machine hoppers or into vehicles and containers such as wheelbarrows, scrap truck, or barrels.
• Operates industrial truck or electric hoist to assist in loading or moving materials and products.
• Slab and grind plastic as needed.
• Give Winder Operators of the shift required breaks.
• Assist on start-ups, changeovers, and web breaks as needed.
• Empty all plant tipper and garbage cans regularly.
• Ensure all batteries are being charged when not in use and change batteries for walkies as needed.
• Keep the slabbers stocked with scrap rolls.
• Make and distribute silicone to all lines required.

• This position requires the ability to stand and walk for more than 2/3 of the time, talk and hear for up to 2/3 of the time, use hands, handle or feel, climb and balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, reach with hands and arms, taste or smell for up to 1/3 of the time.
• Lift up to 25 pounds more than 2/3 of the time.
• Regular and reliable attendance and punctuality are required.
• PPE must be worn based on the task being performed.
• Ability to work near moving mechanical parts for more than 2/3 of the time.
• Ability to work in loud noise level areas (examples: metal can manufacturing, department, large earth-moving equipment).
• Ability to work in high, precarious places and around fumes or airborne particles for up to 1/3 of the time.

• This position requires vision abilities including close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• This position requires frequent exposure to plant environment including extreme temperatures and high noise levels.

• High School diploma or GED

What You'll Get From Us

Benefits include medical, dental and…