Mativ is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The Company offers a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges.
Location: Whiting, WI
Description:
Laborer- Whiting, WI
Starting Pay: $27.23/hour (increases to $27.64 effective 8/1/25). Per CBA language, work performed on Sundays and contractual holidays is paid at double time. Once trained and qualified, Laborers also receive the pay rate of the job being performed.
Schedule: Shift work, including nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime
Vacation: Two weeks after the first year of service
As a Laborer, you will play a vital role in supporting multiple departments within the mill. This hands-on position involves driving powered industrial vehicles, operating cranes, monitoring production equipment, and working alongside Operators on paper machine and converting assets. This is an entry-level opportunity with potential to grow into more advanced roles in paper manufacturing.
Responsibilities:
- Follow all safety procedures and promote a safe work environment
- Communicate effectively in both team-based and self-directed settings
- Assist in the paper-making process by performing tasks such as:
- Preparing stock for use
- Threading paper machines and winders
- Operating overhead cranes
- Transporting rolls using powered industrial vehicles
- Loading and unloading paper in production areas
- Moving finished product to the shipping department
Qualifications:
Required
- 18 years of age or older
- High school diploma or GED
- Ability to work rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Ability to pass pre-employment physical capabilities test, pre-employment drug/alcohol screening and a background check.
Preferred
- Manufacturing or other process related experience preferred by not required.
POSITION DEMANDS:
This position operates in a manufacturing environment with varying temperatures, dust, odors, and potential exposure to mechanical, electrical, and chemical hazards.
Employees must wear required PPE (e.g., safety shoes, glasses, hearing protection, gloves).
Physical demands include:
- Lifting up to 50 lbs, pushing up to 108 lbs, pulling up to 60 lbs.
- Working extended shifts (up to 16 hours)
- Performing repetitive tasks and working in tight spaces
- Good vision and focus required
- PIV certification required
This is a great opportunity to begin or continue a career in a stable, well-paying industrial setting with strong potential for advancement.
ABOUT MATIV
Mativ Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company makes material impacts on the world every day through a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We manufacture on three continents and generate sales in nearly 100 countries through our family of business-to-business and consumer product brands. The company’s two segments, Filtration & Advanced Materials and Sustainable & Adhesive Solutions, target premium applications across diversified and growing end-markets, from filtration to healthcare to sustainable packaging and more. Our broad portfolio of technologies combines polymers, fibers, and resins to optimize the performance of our customers’ products across multiple stages of the value chain. Our leading positions are a testament to our best-in-class global manufacturing, supply chain, and materials science capabilities. We drive innovation and enhance performance, finding potential in the impossible.
Mativ and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.