Maintenance Mechanic

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 Mechanic Expert| Hiring Immediately | Athens, GA

Compensation

• Competitive starting pay rate of $32.16 per hour

• Sign-on Bonus $5,000

• Pay: Competitive starting pay rate based on experience and qualifications

• Increases: Eligible for annual and skill-based wage increases

• Bonuses: Eligible for monthly bonuses based on plant productivity

Available Shifts

• 8-hour shifts

• Rotating weekly 1st to 2nd shift

• 1st shift 07:00 AM - 03:00 PM

• 2nd shift 03:00 PM - 11:00 PM

TEXT TO APPLY NUMBER:

• 928-668-6539 (928-NOVOLEX)

Mechanic Expert

Novolex in Athens, GA, is seeking a Maintenance Mechanic.

*Note - All maintenance mechanics must pass a Ramsey Mechanical Aptitude test.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Complies with facility safety requirements by adhering to proper PPE rules by wearing hairnets, earplugs, gloves, aprons, safety glasses, steel-toed safety shoes, and any other items required for working safely on the job.

• Inspects defective equipment and diagnoses malfunctions, using testing instruments, manuals, and similar guides and tools ranging from common hand and power tools, such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills, and wrenches, to precision measuring instruments.

• Disassembles defective equipment or performs preventive maintenance of equipment. Process is reversed once repair/reconditioning is complete. May also involve facility maintenance.

• Perform routine preventive maintenance to ensure that machines continue to run smoothly, building systems operate efficiently, and do not deteriorate.

• Reconditions and replaces parts, bearings, gears, etc. Installs special functional and structural parts as well. This may include facility maintenance (minor carpentry/basic work). Also inspects, operates, and/or tests machinery or equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions.

• Change oil, lubricants, batteries, check compressors, power supplies, and conveyors of machinery and equipment, as well as determine mechanical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, or parts catalogs, as necessary.

• Inspects and verifies dimensions and clearances of parts, conveyors, and miscellaneous housing, ensuring conformance to factory specifications. Assembles, installs, or pipes systems, plumbing, machinery, or equipment.

• May weld and cut parts using MIG/Arc welding and cutting equipment. Inspect manual drives and belts, check fluid levels, replace filters, or perform other maintenance actions, following checklists.

• Adjust functional parts of devices or control instruments, using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, or straightedges.

• General housekeeping of maintenance area, which may also include general upkeep of tools and equipment used for repair work, including cleaning or lubricating shafts, bearings, gears, or other parts of machinery.

• Install, diagnose, and monitor various production lines/press equipment. Install equipment to facilitate production, repair or replace defective equipment parts using hand and power tools, and reassemble equipment.

• Comply with facility safety requirements, including wearing the required PPE and following all of the safety rules and procedures.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in maintenance

• MUST be able to pass Ramsay Assessment (testing knowledge of mechanical skills

• Machining skills (work on a mill, lath, grinder, saw, drill, etc.) a plus

• Welding experience (Tig, Stick)

• Proficient at reading/interpreting blueprints and schematics (electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic)

• Plumbing skills (threading, soldering joints, etc.)

• Basic understanding, troubleshooting, and experience with Mechanical Systems (gears, pulleys, chains, belts, shafts, industrial gear boxes, water pumps, air compressors, HVAC experience A+)

• Basic understanding, troubleshooting, and experience with Electrical Systems (AC circuits-motors and drives, DC circuits-motors and drives, 480 Volts 3 phase, transformers, control power, relays)

• Basic understanding, troubleshooting, and experience with Pneumatic Systems (valves, controls, pressure, flow, cylinders)

• Basic understanding, troubleshooting, and experience with Hydraulic Systems (valves, controls, pressure, flow, cylinders)

• Basic understanding, troubleshooting, and experience with Electronic Systems (controls, ladder logic, PLC programming, C programming, A+)

• Good attendance and work ethic.

• Ability to work independently and prioritize work. Self-motivated

• Ability to stand 8 hours a day

• Must be able to lift to 50 lbs frequently

• Must be able to wear protective equipment as required

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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-GA-Athens

ID 2026-34804

Category Manufacturing

Position Type Full Time

Pay Type Hourly