Maintenance Associate

Company Overview

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 39,000 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.

Job Description

Maintenance Associate |Manteno, IL| HIRING IMMEDIATELY

Compensation:

• $30.00-$34.99 per hour

Available Shift:

• 6:30am-3:30pm (Monday-Friday) for training

• 7am-7pm or 7pm-7am after training (2-2-3 schedule)

TEXT TO APPLY NUMBER:

• 928-668-6539 (928-NOVOLEX)

Essential Duties And Responsibilities:

• Repairs and maintains machinery and mechanical equipment such as engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines and equipment by performing the following duties.Able to use work order system.

• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments.

• Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts.

• Examines form and texture of parts to detect imperfections.

• Identify and understand correct hand tool use

• Observes mechanical devices in operation and listens to their sounds to locate causes of trouble.

• Repairs or replaces defective parts.

• Starts devices to test their performance.

• Troubleshoot and repair basic mechanical drive systems

• Basic knowledge of electric motor type

• Basic Understanding and use of a multimeter

• Read basic wiring diagrams, including understanding wire numbering /coding, and symbols used

• Repairs electrical equipment.

• Troubleshoot and repair basic electrical circuits.

• Lubricates and cleans parts.

• Perform basic plumbing.

• Troubleshoot and repair basic hydraulic and pneumatic circuits, including full understanding of line numbering and symbology used on prints

• Sets up and operates, drill press, grinder, and other metalworking tools to make and repair parts.

• Understand fastener markings for strength in ISO and English format

• Understand Metric and English description for fasteners, volumes, torque, force, etc.

• Complete LOTO training.

• Performs general PM’s.

Qualifications:

• Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school or equivalent on the job training.

• Six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Advanced arithmetic skills

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• This position requires the ability to be able to stand and walk for more then 2/3 of the time, the ability to talk and hear, climb and balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and reach with hand and arms for up to 2/3 of the time, the ability to use hands, handle or feel, and taste or smell for up to 1/3 of the time.

• This position requires the ability to be able to lift up to 25 pounds more then 2/3 of the time and the ability to lift up to 50 pounds up to 2/3 of the time.

• This position requires regular and reliable attendance and punctuality.

• This position requires PPE to be worn based on the task being performed.

• This position requires the ability to work near moving mechanical parts for up to 1/3 of the time.

• This position requires the ability to work in loud noise level areas (examples: metal can manufacturing, department, large earth-moving equipment).

• This position requires the ability to work in high, precarious places and around fumes or airborne particles for up to 1/3 of the time.

This position requires the following vision abilities:

• Close Vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)

• Distance Vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more)

• Color Vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors)

• Peripheral Vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point)

• Depth Perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships)

• Ability to Adjust Focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus)

WORKING CONDITIONS AND ENVIRONMENT:

This position requires frequent exposure to plant environment including extreme temperatures and high noise levels.

Company Benefits

What You'll 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 (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, state, or local law. Any individual who, because of his or her disability, needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Company's application process should contact View email address on click.appcast.io .

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Job Locations US-IL-Manteno

ID 2026-34800

Category Maintenance

Position Type Full Time

Pay Type Hourly