# Machine Operator

Would you like to join a global, growing company that innovates for a more sustainable tomorrow? UPM could be the team for you. We are frontrunners in developing renewable alternatives to fossil-based materials. Besides enabling both businesses and consumers make more sustainable choices, we strive to create a positive UPM experience for all our employees around the world. We live by our values - trust and be trusted, achieve together, renew with courage. Together we can renew the everyday, for a future beyond fossils! Learn more about us as a workplace upm.com/careers UPM Adhesive Materials is looking for a Machine Operator for our team in Mills River, North Carolina. Greetings from your future manager “At UPM, safety and responsibility come first. At Mills River, we work as one team, support each other, and continuously improve how we operate. If you are motivated to learn and grow in a collaborative environment, we welcome you to join us.” - Phil Matt, Operations Manager, Mills River Factory. What you will do Operate finishing and coating equipment safely to produce high-quality products that meet customer specifications Work across production areas and build skills through cro

- **Id**: 343486
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/upm-machine-operator>
- **Role**: Field & Service
- **Role family**: Field & Service
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Mills River, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-20T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T04:38:39Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 85
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4291
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Wood Products & Furniture, Forestry, Paper & Pulp Manufacturing, Packaging & Labeling

## Company

- **Id**: 7999
- **Name**: UPM
- **Domain**: upm.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/upm>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 11
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.636
- **Repost share**: 0.182
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 25
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 40000
- **Max usd**: 90000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_country_seniority_unknown
- **Sample n**: 19516

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 2
- **Flags**: repost
- **Days open**: 84

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-05T18:18:09Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-02T14:24:31Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-08T10:08:53Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-02T03:28:04Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-10T12:27:21Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 6
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.21
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 84
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: conf:11, repost:2, stale_co, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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