Sonoco · 1 day ago
Quality Technician I - Hartselle Wood Reels
Hartselle, AL
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$24.76/hr - $24.76/hrSonoco is a global leader in packaging solutions, committed to quality and innovation. The Quality Technician I plays a crucial role in ensuring product quality standards are met, conducting tests, analyzing customer feedback, and supporting continuous improvement efforts.
ChemicalIndustrialManufacturingPackaging ServicesPlastics and Rubber ManufacturingRecycling
Responsibilities
Conduct required offline testing for products
Ensure all customer feedbacks are completed on time, the root cause is identified and corrective action is implemented
Assist in analyzing all customer feedback for trends and continuous improvement. Involved in corrective action and preventive action processes
Assist in process capability studies as deemed necessary
Assist and/or train plant personnel in the GIQ quality system
Assist in maintaining customer property
Assist in maintaining the process for document control
Document COAs, COCs as required
Participates in customer visits
Defines quality concepts and quality processes, including statistical basics, etc.; applies quality tools; interprets information and data; applies team concepts
Where applicable, support the safety team to organize its work, ensure relevant training and education of the safety team members, ensure the safety management system is established, implemented, maintained, and updated, and report to the organization's top management on the effectiveness and suitability of the safety management system
Must know which measurement and test equipment (M&TE) tools are appropriate for various tasks and how to assess tool accuracy and precision; understand the concept of standards traceability for M&TE
Understands and applies basic inspection and testing techniques, including various types of sampling plans
Understands and applies various quality audit types and their components, tools, and techniques
Must be able to control nonconforming material
Qualification
Required
Working knowledge of root cause analysis and corrective action plans
Ability to calibrate tools and equipment used in quality inspections
Extreme attention to detail
Prepares quality documents to include report outs, traceability, and batch orders
Basic mathematics and statistics knowledge
Must be comfortable providing direction to both leaders and operators on quality standards and issues on the production floor
Preferred
Background in quality inspection in a manufacturing environment strongly preferred
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
Company
Sonoco
Sonoco is a manufacturer of consumer, industrial, healthcare, and protective packaging.
Founded in 1899
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.83B2025-07-15Post Ipo Equity· $30M
2024-09-17Post Ipo Debt· $1.8B
2016-11-07Acquired
Leadership Team
Vicki Arthur
SVP/GM Plastics and Protective Solution businesses
John Pontrello
Vice President Operations, Consumer - North America
Recent News
Precedence Research
2025-11-25
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