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General Information

Job ID
ATR47726
Posting Job Title
Baler Operator
Locations
NC Mebane
Employment Type
Full Time
Date Posted
10-Feb-2025
Relocation Support
No

Description & Requirements

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions. We are materials scientists, packaging designers, mechanical engineers and manufacturing experts with a shared purpose: Innovate Boldly. Package Sustainably. Guided by our values of integrity, respect, accountability and excellence, we use leading science and technology to move fiber-based packaging forward.

Business Unit Description 

WRK is a global leader in packaging and packaging solutions. Our fresh insights, innovative products, global manufacturing, and unparalleled service make us the partner of choice for many of the world’s most admired brands in the healthcare, beauty and personal care, food, beverage, home and garden, and tobacco industries. Our end-market expertise is also the foundation for success in our other businesses – Consumer & Office ProductsSpecialty Chemicals, and the Community Development and Land Management Group.
 
 We touch people’s lives every day, everywhere. We help people keep track of their medications (
Dosepak®, and Shellpak®packaging) and their busy schedules (AT-A-GLANCE® and Day Runner®).We develop products and solutions that not only grow our customers’ brands, but also improve our – and their – customers’ quality of life.
 
 With about 17,500 employees worldwide, WRK operates in 30 countries and serves customers in more than 100 nations. But no matter where we’re doing business, we do things the right way – with a focus on integrity, sustainability, and positively contributing to the communities in which our employees live and work.

 

WRK is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

 

Job Responsibilities:

  • Sets up and utilizes their hands as stripping tool
  • Removes scrap board from die-cut sheets
  • Stacks die-cut blanks on skids for gluer operation
  • Operates power baler to compress scrap board and paper bales
  • Operates pallet jack to move skidded stock into position for stripping
  • Performs routine and preventative maintenance on all assigned equipment
  • Responsible for timely and accurate completion of the quality checklist for each job
  • Performs other job duties as assigned

 

Requirements:

  • Basic computer skills (desired)
  • Must be able to work in a fast paced environment and work well with others
  • Must have, or be able to obtain, a valid forklift operator license
  • Must be able to read and comprehend documents such as safety rules, procedures, and work instructions
  • Must have demonstrated mechanical aptitude through work experience

 

Job will involve the ability to:

  • Lift up to 25 lbs. regularly, up to 50 lbs intermittently and up to 75 lbs rarely.
  • Bend, twist, climb, squat, kneel occasionally throughout the shift.
  • Uses hands for simple and power grasping, as well as push, pull and fine manipulation.
  • Work at and/or below shoulder level.

 

Additional hours above regular scheduled shift may be necessary to cover for absences or vacation days, along with meeting production needs.  

Candidates are required to undergo a drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer, but before starting employment.
Smurfit Westrock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to create and maintain a diverse workforce where everyone feels valued, respected, and included. Smurfit Westrock does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.