Bag Catcher

Why Choose Us

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. 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 39000 SKUs.

Our Sustainability Commitment

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.

Bag Catcher

Florence KY

Compensation Includes:

• Starting Pay Rate of $18.47/hour

Overview

Responsible for catching and inspecting bags ensuring that product meets our quality standards with minimal waste.

Responsibilties

• Continuously perform all required tasks in a safe manner adhering to all established safety rules and procedures. Must take immediate action to correct and/or report any unsafe conditions and hazards
• Ensure guarding is in place at all times
• Keep work area clean and organized per standards
• Ensure that work is being performed in a manner to produce quality products according to our quality requirements and specifications
• Follow all applicable food service policies and procedures
• Follow all PPE policies wearing steel toed shoes hearing protection safety glasses hair nets/beard nets etc. as required
• Meet production targets set by management.
• Catch bags as they come off machine and inspect bags for flaws in quality assembly print or other problems and reject those that do not meet standards set by management
• Place proper number of bags into sleeve in the press
• Report machine adjustments and repairs to be done to Collator Tender/Adjuster Supervisor
• Inspect bales to ensure they are sealed properly and meet quality standards before banding together and placing on skid and banding bales together
• Place labels on bales making sure they are marked correctly neatly and are upright
• Spot check bales to make sure correct number of bags are enclosed
• Place acceptable bales on skids by using proper lifting techniques
• Ensure machine is shut off to prevent machine damage in a timely fashion
• Must be able to keep up with budgeted machine speed
• Assist Collator Tender if needed while he/she performs work on machines during downtime assisting in stripping and changing rolls and in clean-up
• Keep accurate production and quality reports ensuring all required forms are filled out completely accurately and legibly
• Safely clean print when needed while machine is not running
• Maintain adequate ink levels adding ink and or PH Buffer as required
• Perform roll changes as necessary
• If no specific work instructions are given clean-up is to be performed at your normal work area
• Meet/achieve safety quality production waste and housekeeping goals as set forth by management

Qualifications

• Reading writing and basic math skills are needed to complete paperwork
• This is an entry level position
• Must have ability to discern detail and make decisions about bag quality
• Must be able to keep up with pace of machine

What Youll Get From Us

Benefits

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.

Community Engagement

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.

Training and Development

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program 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 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 .

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