What are the responsibilities and job description for the Process Technician position at Sonoco?
Position : Process Technician
Location : Chatham, NY
Pay : $28.95 / hour up to $36.99 / hour; based on experience
Shift : Swing shift- alternates one week, 7am-3pm and the next week 3pm-11pm & 3rd shift- 11pm-7am
2,500 SIGN ON BONUS! Relocation Assistance Available
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.
About Sonoco
Founded in 1899, Sonoco is a leading manufacturer of consumer, industrial, healthcare, and protective packaging. With more than 19,000 employees working in 34 countries, Sonoco serves many of the world’s best-known brands. Our integrated packaging solutions help define brand personalities, create unique customer experiences, and enhance the quality of products and the quality of life for people around the world. It’s all in the service of our purpose : Better Packaging. Better Life. Sonoco is committed to creating sustainable products, services and programs for our customers, employees, and communities. Sonoco was listed as one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies for 2021 as well as being included in Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies for the third year in a row.
About the Chatham Plant
Join the Chatham Sonoco Team! Where you will make a big impact with a collaborative team on global brands and products. The Chatham, NY site is around 100K square feet and has around 90 people and 30 injection molding machines. We are primarily an injection molding facility that produces a vast array of products serving industries such as foodservice, wire / spool, filtration, construction, and medical. Some of the customers we serve are McDonalds, 3M, Burger King, KFC, of the products we do make for McDonalds we are the sole supplier (over 40K locations). The plant is in a quiet town surrounded by a beautiful conservation area that provides scenic walking trails, fishing, kayaking and more. You will also find in Chatham a local theater and Brewing.
What you’ll be doing
Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to :
- Focus on working safely and supplying processes and data to support an injury-free environment.
- Follow Division safety rules and demonstrate leadership in establishing and following Safe Work Procedures.
- Understand molding machine safety and participate in safety audits of new and existing equipment.
- Participate in new mold inspection, installation and setup. Basic understanding of injection molding machine types and differences and ability to transfer processes to different machines utilizing key process parameters.
- Possess sound troubleshooting skills and technical aptitude in order to conduct systematic analysis of tooling, processes, and machines to solve existing problems.
- Understand fundamentals of developing a new process for a new mold and product (how to establish key cycle parameters to minimize overall cycle time and maximize process capability)
- Be able to troubleshoot an existing process using Systematic Molding knowledge and data from standard Process setup sheet.
- Work with Engineering to assist in new process development and Plant Productivity initiatives.
- Work with Shift Process Technicians to improve efficiencies of existing processes.
- Understand Quality system and be able to interpret data and how to adjust product variables using sound Injection Molding principles.
- Be responsible for accurate and thorough documentation and data communication.
What you should have :
Requirements / Experience
Quality :
It would be great if you had experience as or in any of the following.
At Sonoco Products Company, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package, including competitive pay and benefits.
Benefits
Salary : $29 - $37
