Packaging Engineer III - Sonoco

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 Director of Engineering, you will be responsible for engineering activity related to design, development, manufacturing and implementation of both custom designed solutions and customer provided requests.

What you'll be doing:

• Use 3D CAD systems to design packaging components and utilize appropriate CAD software to generate tool paths for CNC routers, 3D Printing and Kongsberg Cutting tables.
• Produce prototypes from standard wood shop equipment.  This equipment includes: Table saws, band saws, planers, chop saws, hand drills, drill press, s
• Utilize package handling tests to verify and validate proposed designs.  Tests include Clamp, Compression, Incline, Drop, and Vibration.

This position is located in Hartsville, SC.

We'd love to hear from you if:

• You have an engineering degree with 5-10 years of professional experience.
• You have a broad knowledge of how to manufacture corrugated cartons, die cut corrugated, molded foam, and wire cut expanded polystyrene.
• You have a thorough understanding of the various package handling tests run to verify and validate proposed designs.  Tests include Clamp, Compression, Incline, Drop, and Vibration.
• You have the ability and willingness to work with manufacturing to develop new processes for new design concepts, and to improve productivity of our current process.
• You are proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project) Efficient with SolidWorks 3D CAD software.
• You have knowledge of the functionality and performance characteristics of a variety of protective packaging materials.  These materials include, but are not limited to, Sonoco cornerpost (SonopostTM) corrugated fiberboard, paper honeycomb, molded and extruded foams (EPE, EPP EPS), and a variety of tapes, adhesives, and fasteners.

Compensation: 

Engineer III: The annual base salary range for this role is from $100,560 to $113,130, plus annual target incentive of 7.5% of base salary. 

Engineer IV: The annual base salary range for this role is from $116,160 to $130,680, plus annual target incentive of 7.5% of base salary. 

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.