General Laborer

Position: General Laborer

Location: Holyoke, MA

Pay: $24.09 +shift differential pay

2nd shift differential @ $0.75/hour

3rd shift differential @ $1.00/hour

Shift: Rotating Shift:

5 days on 1st shift (7am-3pm), 2 days off, 5 days on 2nd shift(3pm-11pm), 1 day off, 5 days on 3rd shift (11pm-7am), 2 days off. Repeat.

Eligible for a WEEKLY Machine incentive bonus!

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.

You will like working for us as we have amazing people and a highly collaborative culture. Global success hasn’t changed our tight-knit feel – we’ve simply grown into a larger, more diverse family. We have thousands of jobs around the globe and encourage all of our associates to chase their dreams without having to find them in another company – it truly is a special place.

The job is labor intensive. Our workforce is diverse and many of our employees, who are represented by the USW, spend their entire working career at Sonoco.  We will train you for several different jobs throughout the mill including working on the paper machine, driving a fork truck to load/unload trailers, assembly/mechanical work, computer use to print machine schedules and generate labels for finished paper, operation of a core cutter, and other various duties in a manufacturing environment.  First and foremost, at Sonoco is our 100% commitment to your safety and therefore you will be required to wear safety glasses, hearing protection, protective gloves and steel toed safety shoes. 

• Sonoco has very strict safety policies
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) must be worn at all times
• Hearing protection, steel toe shoes, and safety glasses are worn at all times. 
• Hard hat, arm guards, cut resistant gloves, and heat cape required for specific tasks. 
• Client will provide non-prescription safety glasses, ear plugs, hard hat and cut resistant gloves.  Employee is required to furnish their own steel-toed shoes.
• No jewelry is allowed.
• The position requires intensive manual labor at times including tasks such as:
• Handling slit rolls of paper
• Threading the dryers after a sheet break
• Picking up wet scrap paper when the machine is down
• Work is completed in a hot, humid environment
• Sonoco has a strict attendance policy
• 24 hour operation requires that positions are constantly staffed

What you'll be doing:

• Follow Safe Standard Procedures for all assigned tasks.
• Must be able to lift and move heavy items.
• Assist in the start-up of the machine.
• Assist in removing paper from all areas after a sheet break or start up.
• Assist with hauling rejected rolls to roll splitter, and split rolls if necessary.
• Assist with retrieving all necessary shipping materials from storage area
• Inspect powered equipment each shift and complete daily forklift inspection sheet
• Train on operating fork truck and/or Bobcat
• Responsible for housekeeping in the assigned area
• Assist with setup of slitting equipment

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.