Production Associate - Night Shift

Location: Jackson, TN
Rate: 22.18/ hr
Shift Differential: $1.00 / hour
Shift: Night Shift (7pm-7:30am). 3 on, 2 off, 2 on, 3 off.

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 Production Supervisor as a Production Associate you will be responsible for performing a variety of tasks in support of production operations.  

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Set up, operate, and maintain production equipment or machinery.
• Preparing, inspecting, and measuring raw materials.
• Checking components for compliance with tolerances or specifications and may perform finish work.
• Basic trouble shooting, clearing jams, and splicing and threading membrane into equipment.
• May provide training or guidance to new production workers.

We’d love to hear from you if:

• You can perform work under general supervision.
• You can handle moderately complex issues/ problems and refers more complex issues to higher-level staff.
• Must be an effective communicator over the public address system.
• You can provide leadership, coaching, and/or mentoring to subordinate group.
• You have 2 to 4 continuous years of experience operating machines.

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.