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Quality Auditor - 2nd Shift

Smurfit Westrock

Winston-Salem, NCJobSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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Compensation
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Location
Winston-Salem, NC
Work Authorization
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Job overview

The Quality Assurance Auditor, Assembly inspects incoming materials, audits production processes, and evaluates finished goods against quality standards and customer requirements. The role works with operations, project managers, customers, and team members to support documentation, product release, and consistent quality performance. It also supports audits, quality training, and continuous improvement in a manufacturing environment.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Quality SystemsAssemblyReading SpecificationsBasic MathematicsMicrosoft OfficeDocumentationFollowing InstructionsProblem SolvingCommunicationAccountabilityAttention to DetailTeamworkManufacturingPackagingGood Manufacturing PracticesStandard Operating ProceduresISO RequirementsQuality AuditingProduction Paperwork ReviewFinished Goods ReleaseAudit Support

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED

Full job description

The Opportunity

When you join Smurfit Westrock, you will be joining a team that creates sustainable paper and packaging solutions that help move the world forward. As a Quality Assurance Auditor, Assembly, you will inspect incoming materials, audit production processes, and evaluate finished goods to ensure compliance with quality standards and customer requirements. You will work closely with operations, project managers, customers, and other team members to support accurate documentation, timely product release, and consistent quality performance. This role offers the opportunity to protect product quality, strengthen customer confidence, and contribute to continuous improvement within a manufacturing environment.

How You Will Make an Impact

  • Inspect incoming materials for compliance with specifications and release approved materials for production use.

  • Audit assembly lines throughout the production process to ensure compliance with work order specifications and customer requirements.

  • Verify adherence to current Good Manufacturing Practices, Standard Operating Procedures, safety requirements, and company quality standards.

  • Review, approve, and release production documentation to support accurate and timely customer shipments.

  • Record and analyze finished goods data and communicate quality or documentation concerns to operations, project managers, and customers as needed.

  • Support internal quality audits, customer audits, and regulatory agency audits.

  • Assist with quality training and communicate company policies, procedures, and customer requirements to employees.

  • Maintain a safe, clean, and efficient work area while supporting quality, productivity, and continuous improvement.

What You Need to Succeed

Required Qualifications

  • High school diploma or GED.

  • Previous knowledge of quality systems or experience in an assembly environment.

  • Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating instructions, procedure manuals, work orders, and customer specifications.

  • Proficiency with basic mathematics, including whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and the ability to maintain accurate, complete, and legible documentation.

  • Ability to follow detailed written and verbal instructions and resolve problems involving standardized processes.

  • Strong communication, accountability, attention to detail, and teamwork skills.

  • Ability to work onsite, maintain regular and punctual attendance, and work required overtime.

  • Ability to meet the physical demands and work environment requirements of the position, with reasonable accommodation when needed.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in manufacturing, assembly, packaging, or another quality focused production environment.

  • Experience with current Good Manufacturing Practices, Standard Operating Procedures, ISO requirements, or quality auditing.

  • Experience reviewing and releasing production paperwork or finished goods.

  • Experience supporting internal, customer, or regulatory audits.

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.

How this job compares

Set against the 4,957 open Quality Assurance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • North Carolina median$79–138K/yr54 salary ranges
  • North Carolina median$30–38/hr30 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 200 open Quality Assurance jobs in North Carolina and 4,957 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in North Carolina
Experience
Quality Assurance postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 6 years (3,826 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 2,624 of the 4,957 open Quality Assurance jobs (53%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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