Facility Maintenance Mechanic

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:

 

The Facility Maintenance Mechanic is responsible for a wide variety of tasks that support the on-going operation of the building and property.  This includes anything from trash pick-up to HVAC maintenance.  There is a small team that reports directly to the Facility Lead.  This position will be assigned routine tasks as well as impromptu requests as needed each day.  This is an important role to keeping our site functioning properly and well kept. We take pride in our business and our workspace.  This position helps greatly in paying attention to that detail.

 

Responsibilities:

Safety

• Maintain awareness of all safety policies and procedures for the job
• Remain aware of surroundings and obtain knowledge of all required PPE for the job
• Keep work areas clean and organized
• Report any safety concern, risk, hazard, near miss, or injury immediately to the appropriate supervision on shift
• Ensure each task is done safely report any suggestions or improvements to your manager

Quality

• Follow all guidelines for GMP
• Report any concerns of building or equipment failures that may lead to quality defects of product
• Support timely resolution of any building or equipment failures

Responsibility

• Completes tasks related to general building maintenance and facility support
• Maintaining non-production equipment around the building to include but not limited to air cooling systems, refrigerators, ice makers, door systems, etc.
• Will operate equipment such as lifts or utilize ladders and other tools to complete the necessary tasks at hand safely 
• You will work at various heights, including the top of the silos and climbing the ladder to the rooftop. This is for inspections and repairs as needed.
• Must perform other tasks within the plant as assigned by the Manager

 

Requirements and Qualifications

• Position requires a HS Diploma or GED and 2-3 years related experience. 
• Demonstrated problem solving and mechanical skills are also required. 
• Ability to communicate clearly, both in writing and verbally is required, as is the ability to perform basic mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
• Ability to work with others effectively as a part of a team is essential.

 

Physical Requirements

• Most routine tasks are performed while standing or walking or sitting.
• Reaching, handling, fingering, and feeling are constantly present while performing job duties.
• Frequently turning body from 0 to a maximum of 180 degrees.
• Good eyesight is essential for constant inspection of work. Seeing both near and far, color vision and depths of field are all required. Vision corrected with glasses or contact lenses is acceptable.
• Frequent walking is required. Distance can be over 500 feet.
• Frequent climbing stairs to our parts supplies.
• Occasional balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or talking may be required.
• Lifting to 40 pounds is required.
• Pushing and pulling is occasionally required.
• Controls required include hands/arms (both) and feet/legs (both).
• Environment both inside and outside work and the plant can get up over 100 degrees in the summer
• Vibration can occasionally be present from product shakers or grinders.
• There is a mild plastic smell at all times. Occasional smell of battery fluid during battery changes on the lift.
• You must be comfortable and able to climb ladders to the top of the building, silos, and other areas of the plant
• Personal Protective Equipment required includes safety glasses and gloves, hearing protection and proper footwear, hair nets are required out on production floor and warehouse.

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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

myHRservices@novolex.com

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Formerly Pactiv Evergreen