
LEAD PERSON
Greensboro, NCJob$22/hrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
Packaging Corporation of America seeks a Lead Person for its fulfillment operation. The role coordinates machine-position training across shifts, supports production quality and efficiency, and helps maintain safe working conditions. The Lead Person may operate machines as needed and assists crews in producing quality products efficiently. Candidates must have a high school diploma or GED, 2–3 years of machine-operator experience, and U.S. work authorization; corrugated industry experience is preferred.
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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
Lead Person- Fulfillment
Principle Accountabilities:
Responsible for coordinating, facilitating, and implementing a training program for all the machine positions on all shifts.
Initiate programs to set and maintain quality, efficiencies and production levels to high standards within the industry and communicate standards to staff.
Make recommendations and assist in planning, methods and machinery, safety programs and standards.
Maintain excellent working conditions, a safe work environment, and high morale within the plant.
Keep Production Manager informed regarding problems or situations that may affect the overall production operation of the plant.
Be available to operate the machines when needed on all shifts.
Follow all SOP's in production for Safety, Quality and manufacturing process.
Assist crews to achieve the highest quality product with most efficient process.
Communicate all findings to your supervisor and/or manager.
Comply with all company policies and procedures.
Additional duties may be assigned by management.
Basic Qualifications:
High School Graduate or GED.
2 -3 years’ work experience as a Machine Operator.
Be passionate about maintaining a safe work environment
Ability to sit, stoop climb and bend.
Ability to work overtime and weekends as needed.
Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Preferred Qualifications:
Corrugated industry experience.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
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Starting salary for position: 22 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 1,082 open Machine Operator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$22/hr
- US median$21–24/hr607 hourly ranges
This rate, $22/hr, is close to the US median midpoint ($23/hr) — in the middle half of Machine Operator hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 39 open Machine Operator jobs in North Carolina and 1,082 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Machine Operator postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (364 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 551 of the 1,082 open Machine Operator jobs (51%) 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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