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Job overview
Packaging Corporation of America seeks a General Help team member to support manufacturing operations and plant tasks. The role is scheduled for either second shift, 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., or third shift, 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. Candidates need a high school diploma or GED, U.S. work authorization, basic English comprehension, and at least two years of manufacturing experience. Packaging experience is preferred.
Skills & qualifications
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Full job description
As a Fortune 500 company, Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is an ideas and solutions company. Our corrugated packaging business seeks to be the leader in helping our customers — large and small — package, transport and display products of all kinds. Our white paper business delivers Paper With Purpose by providing the highest level of customer service and operational excellence. We have approximately 15,000 team members in more than 100 locations in the United States that strive to meet the local needs of our customers. Our mission is to serve the needs of our customers, today and tomorrow, with products and services that exceed expectations for performance and environmental responsibility.
People • Customers • Trust
Responsibilities
Support manufacturing operations to improve productivity and reduce downtime.
Assist with plant and facility tasks; follow all safety and lock-out/tag-out procedures.
Perform tasks as assigned by management.
Abiltiy to work several different tasks, day to day.
Basic Qualifications
This job is for 2nd shift, 3pm - 11pm and 3rd shift, 11pm - 7am
High School diploma or GED.
Authorized to work in the U.S.
Ability to read and understand basic English instructions.
Minimum 2 years experience in a manufacturing environment
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in packaging environments.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
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Starting salary for position: $28.25 per hour.
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Bonus: Annual – Based upon achievement of plant performance metrics.
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Paid Vacation: 2 weeks per calendar year. Pro-rata Vacation during the initial year of hire based upon start date within the calendar year.
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Paid Holidays.
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Within the first 30 days of employment, an employee (and their dependents) is eligible to enroll in certain benefit coverages -- medical, dental, and vision – and are automatically enrolled in life, AD&D, and disability coverages.
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Upon hire, an employee is automatically enrolled in the 401k plan. The plan offers both pre-tax and Roth contribution options along with employer provided matching contributions.
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Disclaimer: The Compensation and Benefits information in this posting represents PCA’s good faith and reasonable estimate of what it may pay for this position. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
PCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Qualified Applicants must apply at careers.packagingcorp.com to be considered.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,379 open Manufacturing jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$28.25/hr
- Massachusetts median$21–24/hr22 hourly ranges
- US median$22–25/hr1,011 hourly ranges
This rate, $28.25/hr, is 24% above the Massachusetts median midpoint ($23/hr) — in the middle half of Manufacturing hourly ranges in Massachusetts.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 87 open Manufacturing jobs in Massachusetts and 3,379 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Massachusetts
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Manufacturing postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (1,844 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,842 of the 3,379 open Manufacturing jobs (55%) 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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