Gluer Assistant

The Opportunity

The Gluer Assistant is responsible for loading, catching, and packing cartons on the folder gluer machine while maintaining established quality standards. This role ensures efficient production flow, accurate packaging, and adherence to safety and quality requirements. A typical day involves preparing materials, monitoring carton quality, coordinating with operators, and maintaining a clean and organized work area.

How You Will Impact Smurfit Westrock

• Load and feed cartons into the machine feed station to support continuous production.

• Print and stage labels with job ticket information for each pack-out.

• Coordinate with operators to identify production line items and retrieve required corrugated materials.

• Set up packing and taping equipment based on carton specifications.

• Pack cartons into boxes according to job ticket quantities and instructions.

• Inspect carton quality for defects including offset, register, color, gluing, and damage.

• Notify operators or supervisors of quality concerns to ensure corrective action.

• Pull and label required carton samples in accordance with customer specifications.

• Maintain line clearance by removing unused cartons and cleaning work areas after each run.

• Complete all ISO documentation and quality checks accurately and on time.

• Follow all safety policies and procedures in daily operations.

• Perform additional duties as assigned.

What You Need to Succeed

• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals.

• Basic math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

• Mechanical aptitude demonstrated through testing or prior experience.

• Ability to pass reading, color vision, and color hue tests.

• Basic computer skills.

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.

• Ability to maintain good attendance and work overtime as required.

• Ability to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

What We Offer

Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability and excellence.

Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities.

An attractive compensation package reflecting skills, competencies and potential.

A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of daily work.

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.