Gluer Operator

The Gluer Operator is responsible for ensuring the safe operation of gluers, producing high-quality cartons at a high rate of speed to meet production standards with minimal waste.

Key responsibilities include:

• Completing all hourly checks and maintaining quality consistent with cGMP practices and specifications.
• Completing all production and process control documentation.
• Relieving crew members for breaks and lunches, and communicating with crew members to resolve any problems that may arise quickly.
• Completing make readies on all gluers efficiently and completing all key areas of the Start Up Checklist prior to sign-off and start-up.

Requirements include:

• Determining machine speed and knowing approximate production at all times.
• Exceeding minimum production standards.
• Knowing approximately how much more cartons to glue and how many more cases are needed to complete an order.
• Checking and understanding all detection systems, electronic counters, and sensors.
• Able to make machine adjustments in order to maintain machine at safety, quality, and production standards.
• Promoting teamwork within crew to minimize machine downtime.
• Checking for scrap and quality defects on flat stock; continuously checking for quality defects of the finished product.
• Striving to find ways to reduce variability in manufacturing processes to increase quality.

Smurfit Westrock 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 integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence, 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.