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Machinist

Pactiv Evergreen Inc.
Walton, KY Full Time
POSTED ON 4/14/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/8/2026
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

Machinist

Walton, KY

Compensation Includes

  • Starting pay rate $32.37/hour

Available Shift

  • 7:00pm - 7:00am
  • Rotating Days:
    • Week 1: Thursday, Friday, Saturday
    • Week 2: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Overview

Completes machine adjustments, modifications and repairs, based on plant needs. Job duties may vary, based on level of proficiency. Different levels are attained by passing test.

Responsibilities

  • Continuously perform all required tasks in a safe manner, adhering to all established safety rules and procedures. Must take immediate action to correct and/or report any unsafe conditions and hazards
  • 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
  • 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
  • Meet/achieve job goals set forth by management

Qualifications

  • 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, chaise threads, make complete parts and determine correct specifications

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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

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