Entry Level General Utility Technician
Stevenson, Alabama
Summary Descriptions:
This is an entry-level job requiring employees to work rotating 12-hour shifts, in a continuous 365 day/year manufacturing operation. Entry level employees are required to learn, perform, rotate, and progress up to and including top job classification within the department\u2019s work system. Entry level employees are also required to serve on the emergency response team where they will be trained in and expected to perform with regards to disaster response, rescue procedures, HAZMAT spill response, and fire-fighting procedures. Employees are required to take call periodically and are expected to work occasionally on their scheduled off-days
The Stevenson Mill is a complex, fully integrated pulp and paper manufacturing facility with two machines that manufactures corrugated medium, and is one of North America\u2019s largest semi-chemical pulp and paper mill. Stevenson, Alabama is centrally located between Chattanooga, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama. This is a unionized facility with approximately 400 employees
What you need to succeed:
(Basic Requirements)
High School diploma or GED
Must be 18 years of age
(Preferred Requirements)
Pulp & Paper Manufacturing experience
Experience operating an overhead crane
Experience operating a bobcat, lift truck, clamp truck and scissors lift
Experience working around large moving machinery
Experience working a rotating shift
2 years of continuous work experience.
How you will impact WestRock: (Preferred)
Participating in the Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Read and understand technical correspondence, memos, instructions, and reports.
Carry out tasks which require a sequence of steps and dealing with upset conditions that may affect or modify normal operational parameters.
Select and properly use personal protective equipment per the specific hazard or hazards in accordance with WestRock and department requirements.
Safely use equipment and tools
Learn, perform, rotate, and progress up to and including top job classification within the department\u2019s line of progression
Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions. We are materials scientists, packaging designers, mechanical engineers and manufacturing experts with a shared purpose: Innovate Boldly. Package Sustainably. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity, and respect, we use leading science and technology to move fiber-based packaging forward.
Smurfit Westrock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to create and maintain a diverse workforce where everyone feels valued, respected, and included. Smurfit Westrock does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.
