Production Associate

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 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.

St. Charles, IL

• Pay Range $20.03/hr - $25.03/hr + $1.50 shift differential for 3rd shift

• 3rd: 11 pm - 7 am - must be open to working every other Saturday

• Picks up the required lanes of cut and printed blanks from the press delivery table
• Jog Blanks and inspects for cutting or printing defects and notifies operator when defects are present
• Stack blanks on a pallet to the required height
• Wraps full pallet with stretch wrap and places completed load tag on the pallet
• Moves full pallets of blanks with manual pallet jack or electric pallet jack to material handling staging area
• Assists with Make Ready on the press such as pulling cylinders, washing pumps, and changing gears
• Understands how each section of the press operates
• Perform blade changes properly
• Assist with Machine maintenance and cleaning
• Maintains a clean and orderly work area
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Previous experience working in a manufacturing or a fast‑paced environment
• Demonstrated problem solving skills