Quality Technician I (1st shift)

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 Quality Manager, you will be responsible for problem solving to ensure the quality expectations of every customer, both internal and external. Measuring critical product/process variables, records or reports using appropriate tools and utilizing information to continuously improve. If you are unable to maintain processes within established limits or specifications, you would have full authority to sop the operation and seek assistance.

What you’ll be doing:

· Conducting required off-line testing for products.

· Ensuring all customer feedbacks are completed on-time, root cause is identified and implemented.

· Assisting in analyzing all customer feedbacks for trends and continuous improvement.

· Involved in corrective action and preventive action process.

· Assisting in process capability studies as deemed necessary.

· Assisting and/or train plant personnel in GIQ quality system.

· Assisting in maintaining customer property.

· Assisting in maintaining process for document control.

· Documenting COA’s, COC’s as required.

· Defining quality concepts and quality processes, including statistical basics, etc.; applies quality tools; interprets information and data; applies team concepts.

· Understanding and applying basic inspection and testing techniques, including various types of sampling plans.

· Understanding and applying various quality audit types and their components, tools, and techniques.

We’d love to hear from you if:

· We expect you to be Sonoco mission driven

· We expect you to have at least one year experience in quality in a manufacturing environment.

· You must have previous experience with Calibration of test equipment, operation of test equipment, and root cause/corrective action skills

· You must have a “get it done” attitude and an urgency to resolve problems/tasks.

· To succeed in this role, you will need excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Working independently and managing multiple tasks simultaneously is needed.

· You need to have a working knowledge of our products and their quality requirements.

· Being reliable, having good initiative, being committed, and being quality focused is a must.

· You will need to be able to lift up to 25 lbs. as needed.

· You will need to have the ability to read and understand manufacturing instructions.

· You will need to able to perform repetitious duties, including stairs and standing for long periods of time.

· You will need to have the ability to work quickly while maintaining a high level of craftsmanship and attention to detail.

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.