Molding Technician

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 Plant Engineer, the Mold Process Technician is responsible for achieving a high level of reliability and quality for our injection presses and molds, and minimize downtime. This individual will use their training and knowledge to perform equipment/process/system maintenance, troubleshoot equipment, make repairs, and identify opportunities for improvement.

This position will work 10-hour night shifts, Monday through Friday with overtime as required by production schedule. This position will also be on-call during weekends and night shift hours as needed. Must have experience with injection molding processing or mold bench work.

What you'll be doing:

• Understands and follows safety policies and procedures. Performs all tasks safely and does not take risks. Identifies safety risks and works to reduce them.
• The mold technician is responsible for all mold changes and mold bench work.
• Supplies and maintains their own tools.
• Documents and performs preventative/predictive maintenance tasks to eliminate equipment and mold breakdowns and failures.
• Creates, and documents work completed using C-Works.
• Demonstrates sound troubleshooting skills and technical aptitude in order to conduct systematic analysis of tooling, processes, and machines to solve existing problems.
• Can understand overall equipment operation/function as it applies to maintenance, repair, troubleshooting and reliability of equipment sub-components.
• Be capable of safely and properly installing and starting existing molds with established processes utilizing the 5 key process parameters.
• Understand the quality system and be able to interpret data as it relates to the molding process.
• Be responsible for accurate and thorough documentation of the molding process and data communication.
• Follow priorities with regards to daily mold setup requirements and mold repair.
• Assist in documentation of mold assembly and set up procedures.
• Work with production personnel to improve and maintain proper mold cavitation and cycle time.
• Responsible for all facets of the injection department including injection press and mold condition, cavitation of molds, and cycle times.
• Work with outside machine shops in coordination of repair work as needed.

We'd Love to hear from you if:

• Have experience with injection molding processing or mold bench work.
• Communicates effectively with operations personnel to identify and resolve abnormal/degraded equipment conditions that could negatively impact safety, quality or productivity.
• Reads and understands mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical schematics.
• Must be able to pass Category 2 electrical safe work practices standards and utilize safe work practices and PPE.
• Ability to push, pull, lift and/or carry up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to frequently bend, stand, stoop, grasp, and work from ladder
• Ability to manipulate small parts on a consistent basis.
• Ability to operate hand and power tools.

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.