Production and Maintenance Technician

Position: Production and Maintenance Technician
Location: Columbus, OH
Shift: 4/4 Must be open to day and night shift depending on crew
Salary: $33.10/hour; shift differential: .50/day shift and .75/night 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 Supervisor, you will perform tasks and provide services to support the plant’s production goals, overall business plans and objectives as directed. 

What You’ll Be Doing: 

• Complies with established job safety practices, policies and procedures as specified in plant and corporate directives for the safe performance of the work assignment.
• Supports and follows the guidelines of the food safety system.
• Performs duties as required to insure compliance with the plant's quality standards.
• Leads personnel in the on-floor efforts for the operation and maintenance of production equipment.
• Performs various manual or mechanical production functions by operating, adjusting, and repairing the production equipment to meet customer specifications.
• Evaluates and determines specific areas to be addressed during routine maintenance scheduled downtimes.
• Disassembles, overhauls, and rebuilds production equipment.
• Performs troubleshooting on production equipment as required.
• Performs preventative maintenance on production equipment as required.
• Performs on-the-job training and development of assigned personnel.
• Conducts inspection of in-process materials and in-process and finished product.
• Responsible for replenishing supplies, materials, parts, and tooling required for assigned area.
• Performs record keeping duties as required under the direction of management.
• Accesses, inputs, and retrieves information from the computer.
• Communicates pertinent information to next
• Performs clean-up, painting, and housekeeping duties.
• Reviews SOPs and control plans relevant to their area on a regular basis.
• Initiates, reviews, and follows all standard operating procedures (SOPs) for area of responsibility.

We’d love to hear from you if:

• Ability to follow directions and complete assignments in a fast-paced environment. 
• Strong mechanical skills and knowledge required.

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.