Early Career, Operations

WestRock • West Point, VA

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About The Position

The Smurfit WestRock Early Careers E&I Intern/Co-op position offers students a hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment, focusing on electrical, electronic, and instrumentation equipment. The role emphasizes safety, teamwork, and process improvement, preparing interns for their future careers by providing practical skills and insights into the industry.

Requirements

• Candidates must be actively enrolled in an accredited technical college/university program.
• Minimum course experience as recommended per position in related field.
• Experience dealing with basic industrial safety topics such as lockout, fall protection, confined space entry, personal protective equipment, and guarding.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrates an interest, willingness, and drive to learn new things.
• Ability to clearly exchange thoughts, ideas, and messages through various communication methods.
• Has an eye for recognizing errors or differences and plans work with thoroughness.
• Identifies and analyzes problems and generates alternative solutions.
• Demonstrates agility and flexibility in approach to achieve desired results.
• Works effectively with others to complete tasks and foster mutual trust.

Responsibilities

• Repair, maintain, and install plant electrical, electronic, and instrumentation equipment.
• Create electrical maintenance requests for repairs based on findings with equipment in the mill.
• Perform maintenance tasks for equipment within the mill.
• Work as a team with other maintenance team members.
• Function at high levels of quality and efficiency while maintaining the highest standard of safety.
• Follow standard work procedures and safe work practices/procedures.
• Develop and apply skills to help increase efficiency, reliability, and productivity within manufacturing, converting, or support groups.
• Analyze data sets to identify key insights and provide value-based solutions.
• Identify root cause problems through troubleshooting issues to identify areas of opportunities.
• Report project discovery findings to managers, teams, and senior leadership.
• Serve as safety champion by understanding and enforcing department, plant or mill safety policies.
• Manage day-to-day activities of assigned roles, complete project tasks, and implement new processes.
• Communicate cross-functionally about technical and project findings.
• Collaborate closely with assigned team members to complete project tasks.

Benefits

• Hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Opportunity to develop practical skills relevant to career goals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Paper Manufacturing
• Education Level: No Education Listed