Production Associate

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.

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.

While reporting to the Shift Supervisor as the Production Associate I, you will be responsible for running machines for each customer's job. Excellent attendance is crucial for the team to achieve success. You must take pride in your personal hands-on and analytical abilities, organizational skills, and attention to detail.

Day to day responsibilities include:

• Maintaining a safe, clean, and organized work area.
• Performing all duties as designated by supervisor/manager.
• Performing all duties in support of Sonoco's quality and safety policies.
• Helping other departments as needed.
• You will lift at least 50 pounds and stand for at least 8 hours.
• You will need to have the ability to think on your feet and troubleshoot problems and situations.
• You will need to have the ability to read and understand manufacturing instructions.
• Having the ability to effectively work with a team in a fast-paced environment is crucial to success.
• Being reliable, having good initiative, being committed, and being quality focused is a must.

We'd love to hear from you if:

• You have previous production experience in an industrial setting (Required)

• You have extensive knowledge of personal hand tools and use them safely.

• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, work well independently, manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

• You have working knowledge of our products and their quality requirements, reliable, have good initiative, committed, and quality focused.

• You will need to be able to lift up to 50 lbs. as needed.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.