Industrial Maintenance Reliability Technician > A504 Plugs > Hartselle, AL

Position: Industrial Maintenance Reliability Technician
Pay Range: $32.60-$36.96/hour depending on experience
Shift: Night Shift (12 hour, 6p-6a) rotating night schedule

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.

For performing maintenance tasks, specifically proactive tasks, necessary to provide high quality, efficient, timely shipment of Sonoco products. Safety, quality, productivity and strong work ethic are important to the Sonoco culture.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Understands and follows safety policies and procedures. Performs all tasks safely and does not take risks as it pertains to safety. Leads by example. Identifies safety risks and works to reduce risks in behavior, equipment and processes.

• Repairing and maintaining operational equipment and facilities

• Oversees all work to make sure the proper fix is in place.

• Ensure to maintain adequate inventories of tools, supplies and parts to accurately repair all equipment.

• Creates, documents and performs strong Preventive/Predictive maintenance tasks/procedures to eliminate equipment breakdown failures.

• Quickly and safely troubleshoots equipment issues and implements optimum corrective action. Communicates plan of action to prevent repeat issues and can assist in documenting new procedures.

• Communicates effectively with operations personnel to identify and resolve abnormal or degraded equipment conditions that could negatively impact safety, quality or productivity.

• Participates in proactive maintenance activities such as RCCA (Root Cause Corrective Action).

• Documents work done in sufficient detail in order to capture strong historical data for future analysis.

• Performs all tasks with exceptional housekeeping. Maintains strong housekeeping principles in their own personal areas.

• Identifies and utilizes proper tools for each individual job. Identifies damaged tools and does not risk using them.

• Reads and understands mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic schematics.

• Technically skilled to Maintain mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and piping systems. This includes a strong understanding of lubrication principles and ensuring the proper lubrication is applied to equipment.

• Technically skilled to Troubleshoot and Repair mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and piping systems.

• Technically skilled to Improve Reliability of mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and piping systems.

• Technically skilled to Precision Install mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and piping systems utilizing OEM specifications.

• Assists in identifying opportunities to improve equipment inspection, lubrication and hard to access areas for new equipment installs and for current equipment.

• Can understand overall equipment operation/function and applies to maintenance, repair, troubleshooting and reliability of equipment sub-components.

• Develops/modifies/PM’s for operational equipment and facilities.

• Fabricates and installs various electrical, piping, pneumatic and mechanical equipment.

We’d love to hear from you if youhave any of the following.

• Ability to promote to higher maintenance positions.

• Can promote and implement change where needed.

• Strong Communication skills

• Strong Troubleshooting skills

• Strong proactive maintenance and reliability thought process

• Ability to use a computer

• Familiar with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)

Sonoco is proud to offer a competitive and robust range of benefits to help eligible employees manage their wellbeing costs. We also offer generous paid time off and holidays!

At Sonoco Products Company, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package, including competitive pay and benefits. *Benefits listed below are for employees located in the U.S. Specific benefits and wellbeing programs may vary depending on your location (within the U.S. or global), or if you are a union employee.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, including FSA and HSA options
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Wellbeing tools and resources to support holistic health, including an Employee Assistance Program with a variety of services
• Paid time off and holidays to recreate, rejuvenate and care for the health of yourself and family
• Variety of company paid and voluntary employee-paid insurance plans including life, personal accident, and disability insurance
• Tuition reimbursement

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.