Machinist

About 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. Our 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.

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.

Responsibilities

• Continuously perform all required tasks in a safe manner, adhering to all established safety rules and procedures.
• Take immediate action to correct and/or report any unsafe conditions and hazards.
• Make plate cylinders, ensuring they fit appropriately down to each detail.
• Make gears, figuring and ensuring correct dimensions, using gear shaper.
• Repair machine breakdowns as needed.
• Build up, grind and reweld shafts.
• Weld various items made of steel, cast iron, aluminum, stainless steel; braze or weld brass.
• Handle sheet metal work, such as making guards and ink pans.
• Work on special projects as assigned.
• Respond to radio calls as needed.
• Handle dismantling and rebuilding work.
• Grind rubber rolls.
• Make parts needed, ensuring that specifications are correct.
• Cut shafts.
• Draw blueprints and sketches of work.
• Keep equipment clean.
• Keep work area clean and organized, per standards.
• 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/achieve job goals set forth by management.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Machinist trade school experience is preferred.
• 3-5 years of applicable work experience is required.
• Solid understanding of company machinery in order to handle job duties.
• Ability to set up and run lathes and milling machines (Bridgeport).
• Will make cylinders and ink pans, chase threads, make complete parts and determine correct specifications.

Pay

Starting pay rate $34.37/hour.

Schedule

Nights: 7pm - 7am.

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.
• A variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health.
• Community Engagement: Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs.
• Training and Development: Constant opportunities for advancement through skills development, advanced education programs, and training courses available via MyLearning.
• Support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union).
• Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.