Fiber Supply Intern - Summer 2026

The Opportunity:

Smurfit Westrock opportunity for Internships with our Fiber Supply team. As a leading provider of paper products and packaging solutions, we seek to hire the best and brightest talent across our organization. To ensure continued growth and excellence, we recruit and develop talent across our system, while offering a competitive hourly rate and assistance where needed in lodging for the local area.

What You Will Do:

Fiber Supply Forest Resources Intern

An Opportunity to learn Smurfit Westrock\u2019s Fiber Supply Safety Culture and requirements:

• Summer Intern Project: Each intern is assigned a project to develop and execute during the intern period. The project will allow the student the opportunity to learn and gain exposure to Smurfit Westrock\u2019s virgin fiber procurement operations. The project will be complete, and findings are summarized through the final project presentation that is then presented to senior leadership at the conclusion of the internship period.

• The internship is an opportunity to learn and apply current knowledge through exposure to all facets of the fiber procurement operations and associated supply chains including:

• Timber/tract evaluations - timber cruising, soil evaluation, topography impacts, product quality GIS analysis, GPS data collection, and pricing

• Markets - internal and external competition and market impacts to logging capacity and fiber pricings

• Fiber purchasing techniques and types - direct stumpage (pay as cut/lump sums), open market, residuals, biomass

• Fiber handling - Mill woodyards, chip mills, Wet Storage facilities, harvesting operations

• Sustainability - Fiber certification requirements, Best Management Practices, ATFS certification process

• Learn and display through actions the company values, behaviors, and the culture of safety and environmental compliance.

• Communicate effectively with all stakeholders including peers, the fiber procurement team, management, landowners, and suppliers in verbal and written form related to relevant operations, strategies, and status of execution.

Fiber Supply Intern- Recycle Fiber Intern

An Opportunity to learn Smurfit Westrock\u2019s Fiber Supply Safety Culture and requirements:

• Summer Intern Project: Each intern is assigned a project to develop and execute during the intern period. The project will allow the student the opportunity to learn and gain exposure to Smurfit Westrock\u2019s recycle fiber procurement operations. The project will be complete, and findings are summarized through the final project presentation that is then presented to senior leadership at the conclusion of the internship period.\u202F

The internship is an opportunity to learn and apply current knowledge through exposure to all facets of the fiber procurement operations and associated supply chains including:\u202F

• Fiber grade and grade quality evaluations - learning different fiber grades/specifications and quality ratings by grade, visiting supply points to evaluate their product\u202F\u202F

• Markets - understanding relationships of internal and external competition and the impacts to the market based on consumption capacity and fiber pricings\u202F

• Fiber supplier types - learn difference between retail, grocery, pre/post-consumer generation and short term versus long term relationships\u202F

• Fiber logistics and bale integrity - understanding importance delivery timing, loading/unloading procedures, and storage capabilities\u202F\u202F

• Sustainability - Fiber certification requirements, Best Management Practices, FSC certification, and chain of custody\u202F

• Learn and display through actions the company values, behaviors, and the culture of safety and environmental compliance.

• Communicate effectively with all stakeholders including peers, the fiber procurement team, management, and suppliers in verbal and written form related to relevant operations, strategies, and status of execution.\u202F\u202F

Fiber Supply- Recycle Plant Operations Intern

An Opportunity to learn Smurfit Westrock\u2019s Fiber Supply Safety Culture and requirements:

• Summer Intern Project: Each intern is assigned a project to develop and execute during the intern period. The project will allow the student the opportunity to learn and gain exposure to Smurfit Westrock\u2019s recycle fiber procurement operations. The project will be complete, and findings are summarized through the final project presentation that is then presented to senior leadership at the conclusion of the internship period.\u202F

The internship is an opportunity to learn and apply current knowledge through exposure to all facets of the fiber plant operations and associated supply chains including:\u202F

• Recycle Plant Operations - learn strategic approach to controlling cost within budgetary limits to achieve profitability while maintaining routine preventative maintenance to ensure maximum productivity\u202F\u202F\u202F

• Quality - understanding of quality control measures and systems to ensure compliance with customer specifications\u202F

• Fiber Procurement - gain knowledge of fiber acquisition and sales of recycle fiber from new customers and management of existing customer relations\u202F

• Logistics - understanding importance of delivery timing, loading/unloading procedures, and storage capabilities\u202F\u202F

• Learn and display through actions the Smurfit Westrock values, behaviors and the culture of safety and environmental compliance.\u202F\u202F\u202F

• Communicate effectively with all stakeholders including peers, the plant operations and procurement team, management, and suppliers in verbal and written form related to relevant operations, strategies, and status of execution.\u202F\u202F

What You Need to Succeed:

• Student must be currently enrolled and pursuing a degree in one of the following: Forestry, Forest Resources, Fiber Supply, Wood and Paper Science or other closely related field.

• Eagerness to learn and grow in a fast-paced environment, Energetic, self-starting

• Ability to communicate in an effective manner (verbal and written skills)

• Display integrity and work ethics through applying current level of knowledge to assist with the summer intern project and provide support to the procurement staff as needed.

• Student must have strong technical and analytical skills, including a basic working knowledge of GIS &GPS

• Research ability, problem solving skills, attention to detail and critical thinking abilities demonstrated thorough a competitive academic record and the interview.

• Basic understanding and working knowledge of productivity applications such as Microsoft Office Suite

• Clean MVR record and personal automobile insurance liabilities that are within Smurfit Westrock guidelines

• Alignment with Smurfit Westrock Values

What You Will Learn:

• Negotiation\u202F- The ability to effectively produce outcomes to a situation to the best long-term benefit of the organization.\u202F Recognizes the degree of impact both short term and long term to all parties and makes best decisions to secure desired result.

• Business Acumen\u202F- The understanding of the financial, operational, and commercial impacts to delivering results to an organization.\u202F Ability to use that information to drive a strategy with understanding of risk and reward potential in both the long and short term.

• Project management - The ability to influence multiple stakeholders through a multi-step project to achieve agreed upon deliverables on time and budget.

• Manufacturing supply chain - The interconnection of logistics, inventory, supply & demand and how it impacts choices in the market.

• Continuous Improvement/Lean Principles - The tools and thought processes that lead manufacturing businesses to be more profitable, efficient, and effective in meeting the customer needs.

• Enterprise Perspective - The development of perspective broadly across the system and competing metrics.

What We Offer:

• Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence

• Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities

• Competitive hourly rate and assistance where needed in lodging for the local area.

• A potential career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) 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 safety, loyalty, integrity, and respect, we use leading science and technology to move fiber-based packaging forward.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.