What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operator Assistant position at Lensa?
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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
POSITION PURPOSE
To ensure that product is being inspected for quality including, size, gauge and roll formation quality prior to shipment to customer. Accurate packaging and data collection for each order. Each employee considers food safety and consumer safety while preforming work. Participates in GMP and food safety training. Follows GMP policy. Reports all food safety concerns with urgency.
Pay: 19/hr - 23/hr
Functions
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND BASIC DUTIES
Under the direction of the Lead Operator and/or Production Supervisor, the Extrusion Operator Assistant will ensure that product is being inspected prior to shipment to customers. This position is backed up by other Operator Assistants or by a Lead Operator.
Duties & Responsibilities
QUALITY CONTROL:
Qualifications
Education/Certification:
HS Diploma or GED is preferred
Required Knowledge
Skills/Abilities
Employees are expected to work 12-hour shifts that are on a monthly rotation schedule. The shifts are currently from 7 AM - 7 PM (day shift), and 7 PM - 7 AM (night shift). Every 28 days these rotate between days and nights.
This is an hourly/non-exempt position. Overtime regulations do apply. Holidays, sick leave, vacation, etc. as dictated by the Shields employee handbook.
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
Job Locations US-TX-Farmers Branch
ID 2026-33292
Category Manufacturing
Position Type Full Time
Pay Type Hourly
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com
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
POSITION PURPOSE
To ensure that product is being inspected for quality including, size, gauge and roll formation quality prior to shipment to customer. Accurate packaging and data collection for each order. Each employee considers food safety and consumer safety while preforming work. Participates in GMP and food safety training. Follows GMP policy. Reports all food safety concerns with urgency.
Pay: 19/hr - 23/hr
Functions
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND BASIC DUTIES
Under the direction of the Lead Operator and/or Production Supervisor, the Extrusion Operator Assistant will ensure that product is being inspected prior to shipment to customers. This position is backed up by other Operator Assistants or by a Lead Operator.
Duties & Responsibilities
QUALITY CONTROL:
- Responsible for checking job ticket extrusion instructions
- Noting any size or gauge tolerances
- Noting any special packaging or labeling instructions
- Checking product to ensure it conforms to job ticket specs.
- Verifying size
- Completing “Size” Chart (not S.P.C. Charts)
- Must understand importance of size and gauge checks
- Verifying that gussets are set up correctly
- Blocking
- Gels, blending problems
- Dirty Die Face
- Check product for treat
- Responsible for proper packaging of products
- Must obtain proper packaging information from job ticket
- Should know pallet and cradle sizes
- Need to know location of packaging supplies
- Product must be packaged in a neat and professional manner
- Responsible for entering production in computer
- Must understand importance of correct data entries
- Must weigh every other roll & notify operator if not correct
- Roll stock – all rolls must be weighed
- Must track all scrap and make entries in data collection
- Responsible for correct job start and stop times
- Must obtain proper labeling information from job ticket
- Responsible for printing labels
- Labeling must be done correctly and neatly
- Labels should be centered and lined up on the box
- Must ensure that pallet/bin labels are correctly completed
- Responsible for inserting a white label, with correct weight, into core
- Train for operator duties and responsibilities, including being able and willing to learn downstream equipment and maintenance operations
- Should be able to perform basic adjustments to the master roll winder.
- Should be able to thread all downstream equipment
- Must have basic understanding of extrusion process
- Should be able to make minor adjustments to the master roll winder.
- Should be able to adjust tension on winder and understand how it affects the roll
- Must be able to keep tools and miscellaneous metal parts off floor (out of scrap)
Qualifications
Education/Certification:
HS Diploma or GED is preferred
Required Knowledge
- Previous manufacturing experience preferred
- None, on the job training is provided
Skills/Abilities
- Ability to read a tape measure
- Basic math skills required
- Good communication skills required
- Ability to pass a color-blind test
- Some previous computer data entry preferred
- Quality of product shipped
- Attendance
- Ability to help other lines
- Cleanliness of work area
Employees are expected to work 12-hour shifts that are on a monthly rotation schedule. The shifts are currently from 7 AM - 7 PM (day shift), and 7 PM - 7 AM (night shift). Every 28 days these rotate between days and nights.
This is an hourly/non-exempt position. Overtime regulations do apply. Holidays, sick leave, vacation, etc. as dictated by the Shields employee handbook.
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
Job Locations US-TX-Farmers Branch
ID 2026-33292
Category Manufacturing
Position Type Full Time
Pay Type Hourly
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com