Assistant Operator

Novolex; California; On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Novolex is a leading packaging manufacturer serving multiple industries, with extensive product categories and a focus on sustainability. The role supports machine operations, including assembling pumps, following SOPs, and maintaining documentation during shifts.

The position emphasizes teamwork, adherence to safety, equipment cleanliness, and assisting with packaging workflows to meet daily production targets.

Responsibilities

• Assist the operator with operations
• Assemble pumps and perform cleaning tasks
• Follow standard operating procedures (operational parameters)
• Properly complete (as per training received) important documents during your shift: press log by order produced, lab sheet, tally sheet for finished roll shipments, requisition and green ticket if applicable, hourly efficiency control chart, and calculate the efficiency percentages for your daily shift
• Maintain the mezzanine, box storage area, etc.
• Handle wooden pallets and empty waste bins on casters
• Box the packages, palletize the boxes, and implement the box rental system
• Keep pace with the operator’s production rate
• Any other related tasks

Job description

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

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist the operator with operations;
• Assemble pumps and perform cleaning tasks;
• Follow standard operating procedures (operational parameters);
• Properly complete (as per training received) important documents during your shift: press log by order produced, lab sheet, tally sheet for finished roll shipments, requisition and green ticket if applicable, hourly efficiency control chart, and calculate the efficiency percentages for your daily shift;
• Maintain the mezzanine, box storage area, etc.;
• Handle wooden pallets and empty waste bins on casters;
• Box the packages, palletize the boxes, and implement the box rental system;
• Keep pace with the operator’s production rate;
• Any other related tasks

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 [e-mail] .

Formerly Pactiv Evergreen