Quality Lab Tech

About the role

WestRock Company is seeking a Quality Lab Tech responsible for testing raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished products to ensure compliance with quality specifications, safety standards, customer requirements, and internal procedures. The role maintains accurate records, identifies quality deviations, and contributes to continuous improvement throughout the plant.

Responsibilities

• Test linerboard, medium, adhesives, corrugated board, and finished products.
• Verify specifications for strength, moisture content, basis weight, caliper, and other quality characteristics.
• Conduct tests using specialized equipment, including Edge Crush Test (ECT), Box Compression Test (BCT), Burst Test, and Cobb Test, and assess printing quality.
• Inspect incoming materials, report nonconformities, and collect representative samples according to established procedures.
• Record and document test results using manual and electronic systems.
• Analyze quality trends and communicate findings to supervisors, process engineers, and production personnel.
• Investigate quality deviations and support corrective and preventive actions.
• Maintain, calibrate, and check laboratory equipment; keep the laboratory clean, organized, and safe.
• Support internal, external, and customer audits.
• Participate in continuous improvement, waste reduction, and process optimization initiatives.
• Coordinate meetings, prepare agendas, track action items, and participate in each meeting.
• Maintain the hierarchy of priorities for safety, quality, cost, and productivity.
• Follow company policies and procedures and uphold WestRock Company values of integrity, respect, loyalty, and safety.

Datos clave

• Tests raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished products against quality specifications.
• Documents test results using manual and electronic systems.
• Supports corrective and preventive actions for quality deviations.