Team Leader, Manufacturing ​/ Production

Overview

Why Choose Us?

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries, including food service, 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.

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.

Novolex, Where Packaging Innovation Meets Career Opportunities!

• Competitive starting pay range of $29.32-$38.38 per hour, paid weekly
• Shift Differential $2.00
• Pay Competitive starting pay rate based on experience and qualifications
• Increases Eligible for annual and skill-based wage increases
• Bonuses Eligible for a monthly bonus based on plant productivity
• Add EXTRA money to your paycheck by referring friends and family

• Day and Night Shift
• 07:000 am
  -07:00 pm
• 07:00 pm- 07:00 am
• 12-hours
• 2/2/3 schedule

Hands-on leadership, mechanical aptitude, analytical, design, problem-solving, project management, strong technical skills, customer service, interpersonal, oral communication, written communication, teamwork, judgment, motivation, planning, organizing, professionalism, quality, quantity, safety, adaptability, attendance, punctuality, dependability, initiative, innovation, lean manufacturing.

• Supervises day-to-day operation of a 12-hour production shift by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate employees:
  Oversee entire shift for Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, and Productivity results for a minimum of 20 hourly employees.
• Troubleshoots complex/critical processes or equipment and provides a hands‑on approach to resolve. Responsible for the safety of all employees within the department.
• Support activities to increase safety awareness, boost morale.
• Supervise Operators and monitor run conditions of production lines.
• Assess training needs and administer training as necessary.
• Assess talent and ensure the development of the team.
• Communicates effectively with all levels of operation.
• Responsible for ensuring all production capacities are met.
• Responsible for ensuring that only quality product is produced and distributed. Maintains good housekeeping of the production facility.
• Assists with employee performance evaluations and may counsel employees as needed.
• Completes daily attendance reports for the department.
• Manages problem‑solving and continuous improvement for 1 Value Stream of product families.
• Responsible for the daily execution of the Pactiv Production System, including leader standard work, hour‑by‑hour reporting, Tier 1 and Tier 2 meetings, and participation in kaizen improvement activities.
• Supervisor of technicians, operators, and material handlers.

• 5+ years of experience (supervisory role within a manufacturing facility preferred)
• Basic Microsoft skills (Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, etc).
• Proficient in the English Language (read, write, talk).
• Bilingual in Spanish and English preferred.
• Hands‑on leadership
• Capable of communicating in front of large groups and interacting with peers and site leaders.
• Reliable/Dependable as it relates to completing work assignments. Mechanical aptitude, analytical, design, problem solving, project management, strong technical skills, customer service, interpersonal, oral communication, written communication, teamwork, judgment, motivation, planning, organizing, professionalism, quality, quantity, safety, adaptability, attendance, punctuality, dependability, initiative, innovation, lean manufacturing.