Extrusion Process Technician

Pactiv Evergreen

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profile Job Location:

Cook County, IL - USA

profile Monthly Salary: $ 37 - 47
Posted on: 28-09-2025
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Department:

Maintenance

Job Summary

Overview

Do you have experience in a manufacturing or warehouse environment and enjoy working in a fast paced environment We are seeking individuals that want to advance their career and join our great team.

Immediately Process Techs!

All Process Techs work on a rotating schedule with every other weekend off. Shifts available are below:

Shift Schedule:

  • 7:00 AM -7:00PM
  • 7:00 PM- 7:00 AM

Why should you apply

By joining Pactiv Evergreen Packer Team you will be part of a global leader with endless opportunities for building the career you want! In addition as a Process Tech you will receive:

  • 3-day weekend every other week
  • Only at work 15 days out of the month
  • Excellent benefits
  • Paid time off
  • Reimbursement up to $80 for steel toe shoes

Compensation:

  • Competitive starting pay rate $37.31-$47.97
  • Eligible for annual & skill-based wage increases
  • Add EXTRA money to your paycheck by referring friends and family
  • Eligible for monthly bonus based upon plant productivity

Benefits:

  • Medical Dental Vision
  • Prescription drug coverage
  • 401K with a company match
  • New Hire Wellness Bonus (see plan details)
  • Healthcare and Dependent day care flexible spending accounts
  • Corporate discounts

Responsibilities

The Hourly Process Tech will guide the overall teams mission in productivity safety quality operations continuous improvement and team effectiveness.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Assist with performing changeovers with minimal downtime
  • Ensure all products are running at standard production rate for assigned shift
  • Update review and provide recommendations to plant Process Engineer for process sheet updates
  • Develop implement and execute programs to improve overall product quality and line efficiencies.
  • Ability to operate and troubleshoot processes and equipment at an elevated level to resolve complex issues with supporting plant maintenance automation and tooling teams

Technical Knowledge:

  • Process expert in the areas of sheet extrusion forming and trimming of thermoformed products.
  • Good understanding of mechanical and electrical principles and applications.
  • Ability to operate thermoforming and extrusion equipment.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of company specific product material and/or production technological methods and procedures and capabilities of machines and equipment in manufacturing facilities.
  • Demonstrates advanced mechanical aptitude and abilities.
  • Demonstrates ability to troubleshoot and efficiently identify appropriate course of action through leverage problem solving activities.
  • Safety

    • Seek to understand and support a safety culture and workplace
    • Remain aware of surroundings and obtain knowledge of all required PPE for the job
    • Responsible for following all required safety procedures are for each task you do
    • Keep work area clean and organized
    • Report any safety concern risk hazard near miss or injury immediately to the appropriate supervision on shift

    Quality

    • Follow all GMP guidelines required by the site and for each work station
    • Inspect all product passing through the workstation for any possible defects or product concerns
    • Report any concerns on quality of product immediately to appropriate supervision on shift

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Minimum 5 years relevant experience (or similar combination of education and experience).
  • Experience in plastics processing including forming and extrusion required
  • Experience working with machinery
  • Understanding of tooling machining material flow practices for extrusion and thermoforming
  • Strong interpersonal skills to be able to train communicate and lead effectively
  • Ability to work a 12 hours COP shift

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Two or four year technical degree or certification
  • Project team coordinator experience
  • Experience with FEA (finite element analysis) and quality gauges to support a zero part defect environment.

Pactiv Evergreen is now a part of Novolex. 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. Our innovative product portfolio is designed to meet the diverse needs of businesses worldwide and the millions of customers they serve. Through continuous investment in research and development we are committed to engineering more sustainable choices for the future. Our extensive manufacturing network spans North America and Europe including two world-class plastic film recycling centers. Discover more about Novolex our 20000 family members and our commitment to innovation and sustainability at .

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 Companys application process should contact.

Novolex is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are subject to a drug test (excluding THC*/marijuana/cannabis) and background check at the time of offer. * THC testing ONLY when such testing is required by law.

All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines and applicable laws.

Pactiv Evergreen employees are subject to post-hire drug and alcohol testing in accordance with company policies.

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Key Skills

  • Laboratory Experience
  • Robotics
  • Warehouse Experience
  • Mechanical Knowledge
  • Plastics Blow Molding
  • Plastics Injection Molding
  • Employment & Labor Law
  • cGMP
  • Kaizen
  • Programmable Logic Controllers
  • Manufacturing
  • Troubleshooting