Job Description

Feeder/Packer

FULL-TIME

$17/hr

WestRock (NYSE: WRK) partners with our customers to provide differentiated paper and packaging solutions that help them win in the marketplace. WestRock’s 45,000 team members support customers around the world from more than 300 operating and business locations spanning North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Conover, North Carolina – Folding

Feeder/Packer
Starting Pay $17 an hour (Higher rates based upon experience)
Career Opportunity
Responsible for feeding cartons onto belt and packing cartons using automatic packer or hand packing. May be assigned duties to utilize pallet jack transporting pallets of cartons in area where no forklift traffic is allowed. May also be assigned to assist the wrapper position utilizing forklift skillsets. Support plant initiatives and directives. Maintain housekeeping and 5S to standards set by management. Follow all WestRock Core Values and Behaviors. Additional job duties as assigned by department manager.
What You Need to Succeed:
• Must be able to lift cartons onto belt.
• Able to bend and move to pack cartons onto belt.
• Must be willing to float to other jobs as needed.
• Must have a high school diploma or GED.
• Manufacturing experience preferred but not required.
Expectations/Guidelines:
• Check job specifications to materials in use.
• Place cartons on belt maintaining proper stack height, carton direction, and ensure stack is straight.
• Change pallets and/or loads.
• Determine packing specifications.
• Pack cartons using automatic packer or hand packs cartons.
• Perform quality audits during production and packs finished cartons into corrugated cases.
• If operating Cello, stop machine before film rolls run out and perform film changeover, add glue to glue pots or adjust the film as needed.
• Utilize electric pallet jack to transport cartons between forklift drop-off area and area to be stored.
• Managers request only – may be assigned to assist wrapper position utilizing forklift skillsets.
Essential/Marginal Functions and Physical Requirements
Essential: Lift cartons onto belt. Pack cartons into corrugated boxes. May be required to transport cartons via electric pallet jacks from forklift drop off point to storage point.
Marginal: May be required to work in flat pack/sorting as needed. Manager Approved Only: may be required to assist wrapper position as needed.

Education Requirement(s): Minimum High School Diploma/GED.
What we Offer:
• Competitive pay based on experience.
• Growth Opportunity
• Great work life balance (4 days on 4 days off)
If this sounds great to you and you think you fit in, please submit your application. We want to hear from you!

TO APPLY: Log on to WestRock Intranet (Click the Life and Career tab, Talent Management System/WestRock Jobs, this will take you to WestRock.Ongig.com, Key Words – Training Auditor or Conover. (Internal candidates, please see a member of the HR Team if you have any difficulty completing the on-line application).

WestRock Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating and maintaining a diverse workforce: Minorities/Females/ Disabled/Veterans.

Shift start: 7:00AM or 7:00PM
Shift length: 12 hours
4 days on 4 days off 7AM-7PM/ 4 days on 4 days off 7PM-7AM

• Health, dental, vision insurance - available after 1 days
• Paid time off
• 401(k) plan

• Must pass drug screen (cannabis included)
• Must pass background check
• Can lift 50 lbs
• Must be at least 18+ years old

WestRock Company manufactures and sells paper and packaging solutions for the consumer and corrugated markets in North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company operates through three segments: Corrugated Packaging, Consumer Packaging, and Land and Development. The Corrugated Packaging segment produces containerboards, corrugated sheets, corrugated packaging, and preprinted linerboards for consumer and industrial products manufacturers, and corrugated box manufacturers.