QA Tech
Smurfit Westrock · Greensboro, NC
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Quality
- Industry
- Packaging
- Posted
- 6 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level quality role at Smurfit Westrock (packaging) in Greensboro, NC.
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 9, 2026
Quality Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $51k–$73k.
Median of the low and high ends of 34 live postings that list pay, out of 539 quality technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 18 other live quality postings in North Carolina.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 2+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 37%
- ISO 9001 21%
- FDA / GMP 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
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This plant: Smurfit Westrock in Greensboro
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Qualifications
- ✓Stand on feet up to 12 hours a day.
- ✓Must have the ability to read and write instructions and correspondence.
- ✓Use hands for simple and power grasping as well as push and pull.
- ✓Use a hand operated pallet jack to move pallets of material.
- ✓Attention to fine detail with printing, cutting and gluer issues.
- ✓Must have the ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
- ✓Must pass color vision test.
- ✓Must be able to maintain good attendance.
- ✓Must be able to perform all essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodation.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
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Assist manufacturing in maintaining required quality standards by performing quality inspections throughout a job run as well as by performing final inspections on specified product, including verifying weight counts and completing daily reports and machine inspections. Ensure compliance with federal, state, company policies & safety rules.
Essential job functions
- •Assists manufacturing in maintaining the required quality standards through ongoing inspection.
- •Audits all operator processes against Standard Operating Procedures.
- •Verifies product integrity to job specifications – structure, color, size, layout, etc. using variety of tools, measurements, and methods.
- •Identifies suspect product by completing and placing a hold tag on the load.
- •Reads and understands the combo and job tickets for quantities, selection numbers, size specifications, or other specifications before beginning the job.
- •Reports any questions or problems to the Quality Assurance Manager.
- •Collects and visually inspects customer samples for color variance, size, and cosmetic defects before forwarding to sample area for processing.
- •Releases jobs to the shipping department as needed.
- •Completes required job and weight count reports daily.
- •Performs final inspections for specified customers.
- •Weighs jobs for count verification.
- •Performs other job duties as assigned.