Utility Person

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Headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, with plants strategically located across the USA, Novipax is safeguarding the future by partnering with fresh protein and produce processors, grocery retailers, food service providers, packaging distributors, and healthcare providers to deliver absorbent solutions that protect packaged fresh food and healthcare professionals and patients. Novipax manufactures a suite of category-leading absorbents, including Dri‑Loc, Pad‑Loc, Multi‑Loc and Prep Pads, and the revolutionary active absorbents Dri‑Loc Xtenda Pak and Ultra Zap Xtenda Pak.

We believe in Protecting the Things That Matter Most. This is a workplace where your team members have your back and are pulling for you to succeed. Where family comes first and community counts. If there's one thing that defines the Novipax team, it's that we win together.

• Earplugs
• Forklift
• Clamp truck
• Hand truck
• Basic tool usage

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules and operating procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak English one‑on‑one and before small groups.

• Ability to add and subtract, multiply and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to twist, pull and bend; sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Novipax is successful because of the diversity of our talented crew. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace individuals and what makes them, them. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment. We provide our employees with competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, opportunities for career development, and a balance.

We encourage all individuals to apply for positions that fit their passions.

Entry level

Full‑time

Management and Manufacturing

Packaging and Containers Manufacturing