What are the responsibilities and job description for the Corrugator Operator position at Novolex?
Novolex® is a leader in packaging innovation, choice and sustainability. We manufacture products in paper, plastic and sustainable materials for the food, retail, health and industrial markets.
- Great company/Team Culture
- Full-time - Starting at 40 hours/week, 12 hour shifts
- Great benefits available within 30 days
- Competitive Pay - Increases within 90 days
- 2025 - Quarterly Attendance Bonus
- 2025 - $500 Retention Bonus
- Flexible shift schedules to allow positive work life balance
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.
How You'll Perform the Role
- Knows and fully comprehends all critical aspects of the corrugator including its operation , necessary preventative maintenance, and set up requirements.
- Maintains all production and scrap goals consistently.
- Analyzes all mechanical or operationally problems on the corrugator then plans for and takes proper corrective action.
- Make all necessary corrections and running adjustments to ensure top quality, low scrap, and consistent productivity. (IE-cleans and adjusts the corrugator rolls, adjusts the air pressure, adjusts rider rolls, clean belt and hotplates and adjust the short press.
- Test equipment to check proper operation and all safety devices are functional.
- Examines tests and measures finished product form the corrugator making sure it meets or exceeds customer Quality/Functional expectations.
- Make preventative maintenance checks, and inspections of assigned equipment within the corrugating area, reporting findings shift manager and maintenance supervisor and takes the appropriate actions.
- Examines defects and analyzes spoilage/scrap causes taking corrective action as necessary and requesting help as needed.
- Coaches helper and stackers on all operating procedures and critical customer requirements
- Notifies maintenance supervisor of all corrective actions taken, of all difficult unresolved problems and supplies needed.
- Coaches/Instructs any corrugator operator trainees assigned.
- Helps to maintain all work areas/machines in good manufacturing housekeeping conditions at all times.
- Performs all duties with minimal supervision.
What We Need From You
- Must be a team player with a “can do” attitude.
- Should possess basic mechanical skills.
- Capable of working in hot environment and in areas where inks and lubricants are used.
- Must be capable of standing for long periods of time.
- Must be able to frequently lift and carry 25 lbs. and occasionally up to 50 lbs.
- Must have the ability to lift die with the assistance of another person (50-70 lbs.)
- Must be knowledgeable of quality standards.
- Must be able to train.
- Must have basic troubleshooting abilities.
- Must have good communication skills.
- Must have basic computer and math skills.
- Must be able to read basic English.
- Due to fluctuating production levels employees may be asked to work beyond normally scheduled work hours or less than normally scheduled work hours. Employees may be required to work weekends or partial weekends on a scheduled basis. You may also be called in during non-scheduled hours.
- Regularly required to stand, sit, move about facility, climb stairs, bend, twist, kneel, crouch or crawl, use hands and fingers to touch, handle, or feel objects, tools and controls, grasp, push, pull, reach with hands and arms, lift above shoulder level. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
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 (including Telehealth options) 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 Novolex University. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program, and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.
Job Reference: US04559
