• Job Description

  Req#: 28921

  Overview

  Palletizer Material Handler | Now Hiring | Kinston, NC

  Compensation Includes:

  • Starting Pay Rate of $16.63 - 17.74/hour depending on experience - paid weekly

  Available Shift:

  • 3rd: 12:00am - 8:00am

  Benefits Include:

  • Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Prescription drug coverage
  • 401K with a company match
  • New Hire Wellness Bonus (see plan details)
  • Healthcare and Dependent day care flexible spending accounts
  • Corporate discounts

  Responsibilities

  • Unloads cases from conveyors and stacking them onto pallets according to carton specifications
  • Retrieves packed cases from conveyors and stacks them onto pallets according to customer specifications
  • Palletizer wraps top of loaded pallet to prevent higher boxes from falling when load is moved
  • Pulls loaded skid with hand truck to area where skid is retrieved by forklift (approximately 70 ft)
  • Constructs cardboard tops to cover boxes that do not have folding flaps

  Qualifications

  • Physical and visual activities that are commonly associated with the performance of the functions of this job:
    • Standing, walking, lifting (up to 50 lbs.), carrying (up to 50 lbs.), pushing, pulling, twisting (re-piling loads), kneeling, bending, reaching, talking, hearing, visual acuity (near and far)
    • Lifting packed cases (weighing up to 50 lbs) from the rollers (3 feet high), carrying them approximately 5 feet to pallet and stacking them onto correct pallet. Cases are stacked as high as 7 feet.
    • Lifting empty pallets (approximately 50 lbs.) from stack of pallets and sliding them to end of conveyor approximately once very hour
    • Requires physical ability to pull full pallet (1500 - 2000 lbs.) with hand truck. The distance of pulling is approximately 30 feet.
    • Inside Conditions, extremes of heat, humidity, noise (helpers are to wear ear plugs), vibration, hazards, dust
  • Must be able to speak, read and write English
  • Hand truck and tape (to construct box covers)
  • Must be flexible to work other shifts, overtime and Saturdays when needed

  Pactiv Evergreen is now a part of Novolex. 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. Our innovative product portfolio is designed to meet the diverse needs of businesses worldwide and the millions of customers they serve. Through continuous investment in research and development, we are committed to engineering more sustainable choices for the future. Our extensive manufacturing network spans North America and Europe, including two world-class plastic film recycling centers. Discover more about Novolex, our 20,000+ family members and our commitment to innovation and sustainability at www.novolex.com.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 hrcompliance@novolex.com.Novolex is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are subject to a drug test (excluding THC*/marijuana/cannabis) and background check at the time of offer. * THC testing ONLY when such testing is required by law.All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines and applicable laws.Pactiv Evergreen employees are subject to post-hire drug and alcohol testing in accordance with company policies.

• About the company

  Pactiv Evergreen Inc., the new powerhouse within the food and beverage packaging industry was formed in September 2020 following the merger of two great organizations; Pactiv LLC, the leading manufacturer of food and beverage packaging solutions in North America, and Evergreen Packaging LLC, the global leader in paper packaging solutions to include fresh beverage cartons. Together, we are Pactiv Evergreen Inc., the largest manufacturer of foodservice, food merchandising and fresh beverage cartons in North America, with market leading positions across a broad range of products in an essential industry. Through the collaborative effort of our exceptional associates across the globe, we produce and distribute high-quality products to food & beverage manufacturers, packers and processors, supermarkets, restaurants, foodservice outlets, and other institutions to offer diversity of lifestyle and flexibility to consumers. Whether it be our cups & lids, containers, table & dinnerware, meat trays, egg cartons or fresh beverage cartons, our products are touched 5 BILLION times each week in the United States. In short, we make trusted products that let consumers eat and drink what they want, when they want, where they want.

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