Extrusion Process Technician

Extrusion Process Technician

Novoplex, where packaging innovation meets career opportunity! We are looking for you!!! Competitive starting pay rate $38.24 to $49.17 Extrusion Process Technician available shift 7:00PM-7:00AM 2-2-3 Schedule.

Summary: The hourly process tech will guide the overall team's 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

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.

Company Benefits

What You'll Get From Us

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.