Apprentice - Manufacturing Automation Control Specialist I

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.

We are in the process of building a new team within Sonoco that will focus on creating and executing Sonoco’s Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) strategy.  This team will support each core business with AGV projects from identification through startup and support:

• Identify opportunities within Sonoco’s core business units where AGVs can be implemented to improve safety, reduce labor cost, and improve productivity. 
• Prioritize opportunities
• Define project scopes and create proposal requests
• Aide in project justification through capturing cost and savings. 
• In plant installation & start-up support
• Aide in creating plant training
• Post-install technical support

A key role in Sonoco’s Automation team is the Manufacturing Automation Control Specialist who will assume many of the responsibilities listed above.  We will use Sonoco’s Apprenticeship Program to build the resources required to perform these duties. 

The apprentice will be given assignments by senior engineers and technicians on the Automation Team to support execution of the AGV Strategy and other Automation Team initiatives and build the skillsets required to meet our objectives.  These assignments will come with progressively less direct supervision.  The intent is to create an environment to be both challenge and allow creative freedom with each assignment. 

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