Packer - 2nd Shift

Company Overview

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.

Job Description

 

Packer

City of Industry, CA - Railroad St. Location

 

Compensation Includes

• Starting Pay Rate of $18.64 - $19.54/hour 

Available Shift

• 2nd: 2:30pm - 10:30pm, Monday - Friday

Overview

Responsible for catching and inspecting bags, ensuring that product meets our quality standards, with minimal waste.   

 

Responsibilities 

• Continuously perform all required tasks in a safe manner, adhering to all established safety rules and procedures. Must take immediate action to correct and/or report any unsafe conditions and hazards
• Utilize lockout/tagout as required, following established policy; ensure guarding is in place at all times
• Keep work area clean and organized, per standards
• Ensure that work is being performed in a manner to produce quality products, according to our quality requirements and specifications
• Follow all applicable food service policies and procedures
• Follow all PPE policies, wearing steel toed shoes, hearing protection, safety glasses, hair nets/beard nets, etc. as required
• Meet production targets set by management
• Catch bags as they come off machine
• Inspect bags for flaws in quality, assembly, print or other problems, and reject those that do not meet standards set by management
• Place proper amount of bags into sleeve in the press
• Place labels on boxes, making sure they are marked correctly, neatly and are upright
• Spot check boxes to make sure correct count of bags are enclosed
• Place acceptable boxes on skids by using proper lifting techniques
• Place bundles of bags into poly bags when needed
• Must be able to keep up with budgeted machine speed
• Keep accurate production reports, ensuring all required forms are filled out completely, accurately and legibly
• If no specific work instructions are given, clean-up is to be performed at your normal work area
• Meet/achieve safety, quality, production, waste and housekeepinggoals as set forth by management
• Other miscellaneous duties as assigned by management

Qualifications

• Reading, writing and basic math skills are needed to complete paperwork
• This is an entry level position
• Must have ability to discern detail and make decisions about bag quality
• Must be able to keep up with pace of machine

Physical Requirements

• Lifting; a maximum of 35 lbs.
• Carrying; a minimum of 35 lbs.
• Pulling; 2 hours; maximum of 25 lbs.
• Pushing; 3 hours; maximum of 25 lbs.
• Use of fingers
• Gripping; 8 hours, excluding breaks
• Grasping; 8 hours, excluding breaks
• Walking; 8 hours, excluding breaks
• Standing; 8 hours, excluding breaks
• Bending; 4 hours
• Climbing; 4 hours
• Visual ability
• Depth perception
• Ability to distinguish color
• Hearing ability

Company Benefits

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 [email protected].

 

Formerly Pactiv Evergreen