Production Lead

Company Overview

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 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.

Reno, NV

• Starting Pay Rate of $25.79/hour

• Day Shift

While working in a safe, efficient manner, always keeping quality in mind, working in a cooperative team environment to feed, remove, and package Burrow Packaging Corporation products. Complete the entire finishing process through date coding, case taping, and palletizing of all finished cases, including accurate paperwork and inventory control.

• Ability to train in all functions across all Department related to manufacturing process
• Train employees on proper work procedures and practices to ensure consistency of production and quality
• Knows and comprehends basic start-up/shut down of all equipment
• Inspects/loads: prior to placement of materials
• Removes completed Products from machines
• Inspects completed boxes to verify conformance to customer specifications, discarding all non-conformance materials
• Shuts down any equipment when malfunctioning or producing non-conforming materials
• Wraps completed, inspected products if required, or other required packaging material
• Date codes each case with the proper manufacturing date/shift on which product is produced, making sure all codes are legible
• Stacks/palletizes finished cases on appropriate pallets, according to customer specifications
• Fills out finished goods tickets with all the requires information, in a neat and accurate manner. Using the computer and SAP software to maintain accurate inventory records
• Stretch wraps finished loads to secure for warehousing storage/final shipment
• Moves finished pallets of product to the identified storage area with hand truck
• Keep all work areas and machines in good manufacturing housekeeping condition, always
• Performs all duties with minimal supervision requirements
• Informs shift forming operators, shift supervisors of problems that may arise

• At least 1 year experience in Manufacturing
• Must be able to motivate, coach, and train new employees
• Works well independently or in a team environment and with little or no supervision
• Ability to provide constructive feedback to trainees and management staff with good communication skills
• Must possess basic math and computer skills
• Be capable of working in extreme weather conditions (hot and cold temperatures) and standing for long periods of time
• Must have basic trouble shooting abilities
• Ability to read and comprehend basic English

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.

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.

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through My Learning. 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,…