2026 Summer Student

As a Fortune 500 company, Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is an ideas and solutions company.  Our corrugated packaging business seeks to be the leader in helping our customers — large and small — package, transport and display products of all kinds.  Our white paper business delivers Paper With Purpose by providing the highest level of customer service and operational excellence.  We have approximately 15,000 team members in more than 100 locations in the United States that strive to meet the local needs of our customers.  Our mission is to serve the needs of our customers, today and tomorrow, with products and services that exceed expectations for performance and environmental responsibility.

People • Customers • Trust 

Principle Responsibilities:

Will perform a variety of tasks as needed which may include general maintenance of property (clean-up, painting, lawn care) or perform other general helper duties in various areas of the mill.

 
Basic Qualifications:

Qualified individuals will meet the following criteria:

• Be a dependent child (18 -23 years old) of a PCA employee.
• Must be enrolled as a full-time student in an academic curriculum at an accredited college or university this Fall.
• Students attending a two-year college must be in a university-parallel program or a technical curriculum that leads to an associate of applied science degree.
• Be in good academic standing. Minimum of 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Student must be enrolled full time for the Fall 2026 Semester.
• Be able to report for work no later than June 8, 2026.  

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

• Starting salary for position: $22.00 per hour. 

• Disclaimer: The Compensation and Benefits information in this posting represents PCA’s good faith and reasonable estimate of what it may pay for this position. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

PCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualified Applicants must apply at careers.packagingcorp.com to be considered.