Position: Slitter Operator Assistant

Location: Waco, Texas

Wage: $19.08

Shift: Monday – Friday; 8-hour rotating shifts; 7am – 3pm, 3pm – 11pm, 11pm – 7am; rotate every four weeks

While reporting to the Shift Supervisor as the Slitter Operator Assistant, you will be responsible for preparing packages according to written or computer-generated orders.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Assisting Slitter Operators in any secondary slitting operations with the primary focus of increasing NEFPM on the assigned shift.
• Training to operate folder/perforator when material scheduled for machine.
• Assisting Slitter Operator in the areas of: Moving and wrapping pallets, staging rolls to be slit, keeping department supplied with necessary materials, cutting cores, emptying trash and trim bins, reclaiming rolls on re-winder, and packing rolls with proper labels, boxes and pallets.
• Assureing samples are collected for QA/Customer Service as requested on the work order.
• Reviewing scheduling list, prepares required materials to properly execute production of production orders, keep recyclables, cores, cardboard, etc. segregated and stored in an orderly fashion, and operate slitter equipment and fills in for PTO and/or absences as requested and/or require.

We’d love to hear from you if:

• A High School Diploma or equivalent education and six to twelve months work experience is typically needed to become proficient in most aspects of the job.
• Must have good reading and math skills in order to properly understand and run orders and be able to read ruler and measure in inches (to 1/16”), centimeters and millimeters.
• Requires the ability to understand work orders as it relates to customer specifications on the work order.
• Can read and interpret work orders, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch or crawl, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Have experience operating a forklift or lift truck is a great plus.

Sonoco is proud to offer a competitive and robust range of benefits to help eligible employees manage their wellbeing costs. We also offer generous paid time off and holidays!

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.