Location: De Pere, WI
Position: General Laborer
Pay: $ 24.52 /hr (9 paid holidays, 2 weeks of vacation & 2 Personal Holidays (prorated), after a 60-day probation period)
Shift: Rotate 12-hour shifts - work week is 48 hours
Overtime: Time and one half after 8 hours in a day
Shift differential: .65 for night shift
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 associates to chase their dreams without having to find them in another company – it truly is a special place.
Sonoco U.S. Paper Mills Corp., De Pere Mill is a global supplier of paperboard and spirally wound core stock. We are now hiring for full-time Entry-Level General Labor positions. Earnings increase when an employee qualifies in a position. Additionally, the company also offers a great benefits package including health, dental, prescription, paid vacation, and a 401k Program with company matching.
While reporting to the Mill Superintendent, you will be responsible for setting up machines for producing customers' orders, this means being able to multi-task and work with different specifications relating to each order. Attention to detail is crucial for the team to achieve success. You must have a proven record of success in a fast-paced environment. You must have the ability to work with various teams and successfully troubleshoot, and adjust equipment as needed.
What you'll be doing:
- Being able to troubleshoot and adjust equipment to ensure production quality that exceeds our customer’s standards.
- Setting up new jobs and operate various types of paper manufacturing machinery.
- Collaborating closely with other departments and teams.
- Maintaining a safe, clean and organized work area.
- Performing all duties as designated by supervisor/manager.
- Performing all duties in support of Sonoco’s quality and safety policies.
- Assisting other departments as needed.
We'd love to hear from you if:
- We expect you to be Sonoco mission driven.
- Previous machine operating experience (preferred).
- Prior Forklift Experience (preferred).
- You will need to have exceptional troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
- You need to have working knowledge of our products and their quality requirements.
- Being reliable, having good initiative, being committed, and being quality focused is a must.
- You will need to be able to lift up to 25 lbs. as needed and team lift 50 lbs.
- Having the ability to effectively work with a team in a fast-paced environment is crucial to success.
- You will need to have the ability to read and understand manufacturing instructions.
- You will need to able to perform repetitious duties while standing for long periods of time on concrete floors.
- Seasonal Wisconsin temperatures and heat generated from the paper machines influence the temperature of the mill.
- Shifts are 12 hours 6am to 6pm and 6pm to 6am (Rotating). Qualified applicants must be available to work all shifts on a rotating schedule.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $24.52 per hour
Expected hours: 48 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Work Location: In person