Spiral Technician 1

Position: Spiral Technician I
Location: Robesonia, PA
Pay: $24.35/hr Shift Differential Rate -
2nd Shift - 45¢
Shift: 2nd shift (1:45pm – 10pm)

**Must be willing to work overtime when needed**

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 you will work in production for our tube and core division and be responsible for working in a quick and safe manner. Excellent attendance is crucial for the team to achieve success. You must have a proven record of success in a fast-paced environment. You must have the ability to work with various teams and have a good eye to spot defects in the packing line. You will take pride in your personal hands-on and analytical abilities, organizational skills, and attention to detail.

What you’ll be doing:

• This position will be required to learn and assist all required machine and support 17’’ winder equipment set ups.
• Mechanical skills to operate, set up, and trouble shoot equipment as required will also be needed.
• Ability to operate cutter.
• This team member will also be required to perform machine preventative maintenance on various pieces of equipment related to the carpet yarn line.
• The technician position will require proficiency level to operate machine on a substitute basis.

We’d love to hear from you if:

• Excellent/strong communication skills.
• Excellent/strong housekeeping skills.
• Strong safety commitment.
• Ability to work flexible hours.
• Ability to interpret and understand Oracle production orders and requirements to enter required Oracle data.
• Report and track production information - scrap, machine efficiency, machine down time, paper usage.
• Assist other crew members as required - set ups, packaging aspects, quality requirements, and all other related production specs.
• Ability to document and maintain machine log. Reporting of quality measurements and metrics. Excellent machine set up skills.
• Understanding of buildups and tube constructions. Cutter set up procedures.
• Positive attitude. Excellent/strong leadership skills.
• Excellent knowledge of all LOTO requirements.
• Initiative and ability to understand sense of urgency to meet customer requirements. Customer focused.
• Ability to identify cost savings opportunities and communicate to management.

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.