Job Description
We’re looking for a skilled and dependable Coating Operator to run high-performance coating machinery in a fast-paced production environment. In this role, you’ll keep operations running safely and efficiently while ensuring products meet the highest standards of quality.
This is a hands-on position where you will set up, operate and troubleshooting machinery while supporting and mentoring Helpers. If you enjoy problem-solving, working with equipment and contributing to a strong team, this role offers an opportunity to grow your technical skills and make a meaningful impact on daily production.
Key Responsibilities
Machine Operation
• Set up, operate, and adjust coating machinery to meet production targets and specifications.
• Monitor machine performance and identify operational issues. Troubleshoot when necessary to minimize downtime.
• Perform routine and preventive maintenance tasks, including cleaning, lubricating and replacing basic components.
Production & Quality Control
• Inspect in-process and finished products to ensure quality, coating consistency and absence of defects
• Maintain accurate production documentation, including machine settings, production outputs and quality checks.
• Ensure proper labeling, packaging, and staging of finished goods.
Safety & Compliance
• Follow all company safety policies and wear required Personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Maintain a clean, organized and hazard-free work environment.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, CBA standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Team Leadership & Support
• Provide direction and assistance to Helpers during production runs.
• Communicate effectively with Supervisors and team members to coordinate workflow and production priorities.
• Support the training and mentoring of entry-level employees on safe and efficient machine operation.
Qualifications & Skills
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of 1 year of machine operator experience (coating, slitting, laminating, or similar manufacturing equipment preferred).
• Strong mechanical aptitude with the ability to learn and troubleshoot machine operations.
• Ability to follow instructions and work effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
• Strong attention to detail with a focus on safety and quality.
• Physical ability to stand, walk, bend, and regularly lift up to 50 lbs.
As a leader in its industry for more than 40 years, Novacel constantly focuses on expertise and innovation in order to provide its customers and partners with the most appropriate surface solutions to preserve the value of their materials worldwide.
Offering a complete range of process and protective films, technical tapes and papers and machines, we can assist you throughout your industrial processes in all market segments.
As partners for your success, our teams work on a daily basis alongside you to develop reliable, high-performance products with unequalled technology backed by personalized services.
Adopting a strategy based on proactive responsibility, we are committed to following your social and environmental policies.
Novacel sets out to act as your expert for responsible surface solutions and to value your materials.
To achieve this, our teams are constantly innovating and work with selected partners and suppliers who share our vision of the industry.
Where responsibility is concerned, we focus our efforts on the following goals:
to work together to reduce both our carbon emissions and our energy consumption;
to value the women and men who work with us. That is why we pay particular attention to the working conditions of our employees and to those of our partners.
