Packaging Associate

Novolex

Colombus, Ohio

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
SKILLS
Community Support, Establish Priorities, Food Delivery, Food Production, Food and Beverage Industry, Housekeeping/Cleaning, Learning Management System (LMS), Manufacturing, Operational Support, Order Picking/Packing, Policy Development, Product Shipments, Regulations, Resin, Restaurant, Retail, Safety/Work Safety, Shipping/Receiving, Stock Keeping Unit (SKU), Sustainability, Team Player, Time Management, Training Program, Training/Teaching, Training/Teaching Curriculum, Tuition Reimbursement
LOCATION
Colombus, Ohio
POSTED
7 days ago
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:

Packaging Associate |Columbus, Ohio|Now Hiring

Compensation:

  • Starting pay rate of $17.49 per hour 
  • Shift differential $1.00 for 3rd shift 
  • Eligible for annual & skill-based wage increases
  • Eligible for monthly bonus based upon plant productivity*

Available Shift:  3rd - Sunday-Thursday, 11:50PM-8AM

 

 

Packaging Associate (Packer)

Summary:

Safely and effectively packs finished goods and prepares product for shipment.

Responsibilities:

  • • Provides support for the operations team by working safely to feed material into machines, inspect product for defects, and pack finished goods in the correct configuration.
  • • Performs quality checks and ensures correct counts on various product sizes and packs items into the appropriate packaging.
  • • Makes minor machine adjustments to minimize interruptions and ensure quality product.
  • • Replaces adhesive tape in hand tapers and automatic sealing machinery.
  • • Ensures that any finished goods or work-in-progress identification labels are present and properly placed.
  • • Stacks finished product in the correct configuration, ready for transportation.
  • • Ensures good housekeeping and maintains a safe, clean, and tidy work area.
  • • Promptly informs supervisor of any issues concerning health and safety, hygiene, quality, or efficiencies.
  • • Follows all company-established rules, policies, and safety regulations.
  • • Completes paperwork accurately and in a timely manner.

Education and/or Experience:

  • • Previous experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment is highly preferred.
  • • Ability to work effectively with others as part of a team is essential.
  • • Ability to follow standard work instructions is required.
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

.

 

Formerly Pactiv Evergreen

About the Company

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Novolex

Novolex™ is a family of North American based historic packaging brands that includes Hilex Poly®; Fortune Plastics®; Duro Bag®; Bagcraft® Packaging; De Luxe® Packaging; General Packaging Products; International Converter; Novolex™ Custom Film & Bag (formerly AccuTech®, Direct Plastics® and Hilex Poly® Garland) and Heritage Bag®.

The Novolex™ name is based on the latin “NOVO” for new and “LEX” a tip of the hat to Hilex Poly®, the first brand to become part of the family. The blue and red of our logo represents the integration of both paper and plastic into our sustainability platform with red and blue being the legacy corporate colors of Hilex Poly® and Duro Bag® respectively.

Novolex’s™ values are based in the traditions of all of our brands and present you with the industry’s foremost in packaging choice and sustainability. Novolex’s™ mission is to continue the tradition of leadership established by our brands, and to create new value and synergies by providing you with an industry-leading packaging expert that covers the full spectrum of your operations.

Novolex™ directly employs more than 6,000 people at 43 facilities in the United States as well as 3 in Canada and one in Mexico. From our Hilex Poly® brand North Vernon, IN plastic retail bag manufacturing and bag and film recycling facilities, to our BagCraft® brand food packaging facility in the City of Commerce, CA or our Duro Bag® brand paper bag manufacturing hub in Richwood, KY our team is here to support you with innovative, high quality, and sustainable packaging choices.

COMPANY SIZE
500 to 999 employees
INDUSTRY
Consumer Packaged Goods Manufacturing
FOUNDED
2004
WEBSITE
http://novolex.com/