Team Lead

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

Team Lead | Hiring Immediately | Covington, Georgia

Compensation:

• Competitive starting pay range of $33.53-$39.78 per hour, paid weekly

Available shift:

• 1st Shift

• 7 AM-7 PM

• 12-Hours

• 2-2-3 schedule

TEXT TO APPLY NUMBER:

• 928-668-6539 (928-NOVOLEX)

Summary:

Supervises day-to-day operation of a 12-hour production shift by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate employees: Oversee entire shift for Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery and Productivity results for a minimum of 25 hourly employees.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• The Team Lead troubleshoots complex/critical processes or equipment and provides hands-on approach to resolve.

• Responsible for safety of all employees within department.

• Support activities to increase safety awareness, boost morale.

• Supervise Operators and monitor run conditions of production lines.

• Assess training needs and administer training as necessary.

• Assess talent and ensure the development of the team.

• Communicates effectively with all levels of operation.

• Responsible for ensuring all production capacities are met.

• Responsible for ensuring that only quality product is produced and distributed.

• Maintains good housekeeping of the production facility.

• Assists with employee performance evaluations and may counsel employees as needed.

• Completes daily attendance reports for department.

• Manages problem solving and continuous improvement for 1 Value Stream of product families. Responsible for the daily execution of the Pactiv Production System, including leader standard work, hour by hour reporting, Tier 1 and Tier 2 meetings and participation in kaizen improvement activities.

• Supervisor of technicians, operators, and material handlers.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience (supervisory role within a manufacturing facility preferred)

• Basic Microsoft skills (outlook, power point, word, etc).

• Proficient in the English Language (read, write, talk).

• Hands on leadership

• Capable of communicating in front of large groups and interacting with peers and site leaders.

• Reliable/Dependable as it relates to completing work assignments.

• Mechanical aptitude, analytical, design, problem solving, project management, strong technical skills, customer service, interpersonal, oral communication, written communication, teamwork, judgment, motivation, planning, organizing, professionalism, quality, quantity, safety, adaptability, attendance, punctuality, dependability, initiative, innovation, lean manufacturing.

Physical Requirements/ Environmental/ Working Conditions :

• Must be able to constantly stand, walk, use hands, and arms

• Must be able to occasionally stoop, kneel, or crouch

• Frequently required lifting and/or moving up to 70 pounds

• Frequently required pushing or pulling items using force up to 95 pounds.

• Must be able to frequently climb 10-40 steps and occasionally climb 5-10 ladder rungs.

• Able to work in differing temperatures,

• Must be able to work 12-hour shifts and overtime as required.

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 .

Formerly Pactiv Evergreen

Job Locations US-GA-Covington

ID 2026-34388

Category Manufacturing

Position Type Full Time

Pay Type Hourly