Press Technician II

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's 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.

Responsibilities

Novolex, Where Packaging Innovation Meets Career Opportunities!

Press Technician |Plant City, FL|Hiring Immediately

Compensation:

• Pay rate of $20.08 per hour
• Shift differential of $.30
• Bonuses: Eligible for quarterly bonuses based on plant productivity
  
  

Available Shift:

• Monday-Friday
• 8 hours
• 11pm-7am
  
  

Position Overview:

Tasks

• Follows job production schedule by using the Production Sheet to verify accuracy and records on Makeready Checklist.
• Prepares next print job by checking production schedule for project #, picking up plates from staging area, checking each plate for color codes and plate codes, and completing Make Ready Check List and verifying correct board grade from Docket sheet.
• Assists with changeovers by removing all printing plates, cleaning and replacing printing plates.
• Loads paper onto press and recording time of splice onto Roll Sheet.
• Manually splices rolls occasionally, hand cutting, and taping rolls together at any part of equipment.
• Monitors and cleans ink on impression cylinders by using alcohol and rag, and manually turn the cylinder to clean off ink.
• Monitors bar codes on cartons by using scanner to verify UPC code is printed properly.
• Monitors running roll for defects and alignment while hanging new roll.
• Report any defects to Quality.
• Performs abhesive checks.
• Performs quality checks at start-up and every hour by checking functions and completing Quality Check Sheet to include date, time, Skid #, board issues, fold & dips, ink drips, varnish, adhesive, scum, UPC code, Cut to Scores, etc.
• Prints WIP label from WIP tracking system.
• Prepares completed Skids by covering in plastic sheet and attaching skid label.
• Prepares print units by cleaning blankets and hanging plates for new jobs.
• Troubleshoots cartons kicked out of register by catching manually, reviewing for issues, discarding cartons, and notifying crew leader/operator.
• Maintains area cleanliness.
• Performs frequent visual checks on printed cartons by pulling several cartons from each stream and checking for color bars, abhesive, defects, scum, color variation, and laminate in seal areas.
• Performs preventive maintenance on equipment by cleaning and scraping using solvents and tools.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

• Must have high school diploma or GED
• Standing 8-12 hours per shift on concrete
• Lifting up to 30lbs on occasion when hand and waste stacking most to all of the shift
• Turning while carrying 40lbs about 40 times per shift
• Stretching to max width 40" to tear tape 30 times a shift
• Moving 30 rolls per shift with ergo roll movers
• Kneeling on hard concrete surface to splice web, occasionally for 10 minute periods
• Pushing a 40 lb. load five times per shift
• Placing up to 40lbs load to floor level five times per shift
• Lifting up to 40lbs load from floor level five times per shift
• Moving wooden pallets 40 lb. by hand
• Ascending and descending from a vertical ladders up to 15 feet from ground to platform
• Crouching for 2-5 min. up to 15 times per shift cleaning blankets in a lateral motion
• Stooping to pick up two objects every 7-10 min at rollstand (3 lb. cores)
• Pulling hand pallet jacks with loads of up to 1500 lb.
• Sweeping cutting motion from 5 feet to floor level (golfers lift position)
• Cutting across 38" roll with retractable knife 60 times per shift
• Rolling 2000lbs, 5 feet diameter rolls onto an air pallet and positioning onto rollstand chucks
• Reaching above head to pull web about 10lbs of force required
• Mopping/sweeping daily
• Bending to floor level and folding kraft wrap, picking up and placing in baler 30 times per shift
• Removing core plugs with metal hand pole with ramming force
• Emptying trash cans into compactor up to 50lbs.
• Moving 55 gallon drums with drum dolly once per month
• Push 100lb cart up ramp
• The team member is required to be able to perform the above tasks, with or without reasonable accommodation.
  
  

Qualifications

What You'll Get From Us

Benefits

With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being as 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, 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 .