Job Information
Smurfit Westrock Entry Level General Utility in Stevenson, Alabama
The Opportunity:
This is an entry-level job requiring employees to work rotating 12-hour shifts, in a continuous 365 day/year manufacturing operation. Entry level employees are required to learn, perform, rotate, and progress up to and including top job classification within the department\u2019s work system. Entry level employees are also required to serve on the emergency response team where they will be trained in and expected to perform with regards to disaster response, rescue procedures, HAZMAT spill response, and fire-fighting procedures. Employees are required to take call periodically and are expected to work occasionally on their scheduled off days.
The Stevenson Mill is a complex, fully integrated pulp and paper manufacturing facility with two machines that manufactures corrugated medium and is one of North America\u2019s largest semi-chemical pulp and paper mill. Stevenson, Alabama is centrally located between Chattanooga, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama. This is a unionized facility with approximately 400 employees
What you need to succeed:
(Basic Requirements)
High School diploma or GED
Must be 18 years of age
(Preferred Requirements)
Pulp & Paper Manufacturing experience
Experience operating an overhead crane
Experience operating a bobcat, lift truck, clamp truck and scissors lift
Experience working around large moving machinery
Experience working a rotating shift
2 years of continuous work experience.
How you will impact Smurfit Westrock: (Preferred)
Participating in the Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Read and understand technical correspondence, memos, instructions, and reports.
Carry out tasks which require a sequence of steps and dealing with upset conditions that may affect or modify normal operational parameters.
Select and properly use personal protective equipment per the specific hazard or hazards in accordance with Smurfit Westrock and department requirements.
Safely use equipment and tools
Learn, perform, rotate, and progress up to and including top job classification within the department\u2019s line of progression
Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.