Website Novolex
Novolex
Company : Novolex
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:
General Summary:
Supports plastics packaging analytical laboratory by performing testing under the supervision of an analytical chemist.
Essential Functions:
Supports food packaging product and process development initiatives at the Novolex Canandaigua Technology Center along with production troubleshooting and quality assurance. Materials include polymers and fiber-based packaging.
Responsibilities include:
- Running analytical equipment
- Intrinsic Viscometer
- Capillary Rheometer
- Melt Indexer
- FTIR, DSC, TGA, Instron
- Reporting results to internal customers independently
- Interacting with customers to discuss results
- Storing and managing samples
- Receiving, labeling and logging samples
- Safely handling chemicals and solvents
- Follow company safety procedures and policies.
- Actively supports safety programs and maintains a safe and clean working environment in all areas at all times.
- Provide miscellaneous support to projects and programs as requested.
Education
- High School graduate or equivalent required.
- 2 yr associate’s degree in technology or technical trades and/or 3+ years of lab experience
Skills and Training
- Hands-on experience with laboratory equipment and chemicals.
- Highly organized, inquisitive problem solver. Able to handle multiple tasks accurately and with a strong sense of urgency. Able to manage shifting priorities.
- Good communication skills.
- Experience working in and with teams.
- Reliable, self-motivated, proactive and able to work with minimal supervision.
- Able to work flexible hours and overtime when required.
Company Benefits:
What You'll Get From UsBenefits
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 (url removed).
Formerly Pactiv Evergreen