Process Technician

About the role

From a small family business to a multi-billion dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 — all while keeping the heart of “People Build Businesses” alive. Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people.

Responsibilities

• Able to start up machines to a standard process with documentation and meet key process deliverables.
• Inspect molds and machines for wear, damage, or defects and do basic troubleshooting before reporting issues to maintenance or tooling departments.
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of production environment and support daily team maintenance tasks to ensure that molds and machines run to the best of their ability for their entire life cycle.
• Collaborate with maintenance groups, material handling, inspector packers and quality control to ensure product specifications are met and equipment is performing as intended.
• Responsible for accurate and thorough documentation and data communication to leverage learnings and success across shifts and to other departments.
• Follow all safety protocols and company policies.

Requirements

• RJG, Paulson, or other formal injection molding training is a plus.
• Hands‑on plastic processing experience is a must.
• Able to set up molds and understand material handling practices and equipment.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and capable of learning different aspects of functions of hydraulic or electrical circuits, tool design, and robot logic programming.
• Ability to read technical drawings and setup sheets.
• Familiarity with overhead cranes, forklifts, and other mold handling equipment is helpful but not necessary.
• Good problem‑solving skills and attention to detail.