Jobs at Sonoco

Assists slitter operators with secondary slitting operations, material staging, pallet movement, roll wrapping, packing, labeling, recycling, and quality sample collection. Reviews work orders and scheduling lists, prepares production materials, maintains an organized department, and trains to operate folder/perforator equipment. May operate slitter machinery and fill in for absences. The role requires measurement, reading, physical handling, climbing, and lifting capabilities.

Coordinates facility safety and health programs at a recycling plant. Conducts regulatory assessments, compliance audits, inspections, and corrective actions; promotes accident prevention and safe workplace behaviors; maintains alignment with corporate safety standards; and works directly with hourly and salaried employees to build a safety-focused culture and ensure regulatory compliance.

Maintains and repairs manufacturing equipment to minimize unplanned downtime. Diagnoses mechanical and electrical failures, performs preventive maintenance, checks electrical components, and repairs or fabricates machinery parts, guards, buildings, and mobile equipment. The role also supports continuous improvement, follows strict safety procedures, and requires autonomous decision-making and leadership potential across rotating day, evening, night, and weekend shifts.

Develops cost estimates, pricing strategies, and selling prices for customers and new products. Analyzes market prices, plant capacity, profitability, raw material costs, margins, and business win/loss performance. Leads pricing mechanisms, identifies margin improvement opportunities, supports customer price changes, maintains customer relationships, and performs ad hoc financial analysis for division management.

Paid 12-week engineering technology internship within Sonoco’s IPP Division. Interns gain hands-on experience in manufacturing and packaging through projects, plant tours, leadership engagement, networking, and collaboration with engineering and other functional teams. Candidates must be enrolled in an engineering bachelor’s or master’s program and demonstrate technical aptitude, leadership, communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills. Previous manufacturing or functional internship experience is preferred. Housing, activity stipends, and relocation assistance are provided.

Paid 12-week Human Resources internship at Sonoco’s corporate headquarters in Hartsville, South Carolina. The intern will complete hands-on HR projects, gain enterprise business knowledge, network with leaders, and participate in intern activities within the manufacturing and packaging industry. The role includes housing and activity stipends plus relocation assistance.

Paid 12-week operations internship in Sonoco’s manufacturing and packaging business. Interns complete hands-on projects, learn from industry experts, engage with leadership, and develop business knowledge through networking and plant activities. The role seeks currently enrolled bachelor’s or master’s students with leadership experience, technical aptitude, and strong communication skills. Housing, activity stipends, relocation assistance, and benefits are provided.

Performs varied manual tasks involved in manufacturing cardboard tubes, using simple or computerized equipment as needed. Requires physical capability, adaptability, initiative, teamwork, autonomy, and familiarity with the metric system. This is a permanent, full-time rotating-shift position covering days, evenings, nights, and weekends, with competitive pay, benefits, profit sharing, pension contributions, and employer-paid safety equipment.

Maintain, upgrade, troubleshoot, and optimize industrial automation and control systems. Lead controls projects, coordinate scopes, budgets, schedules, contractors, commissioning, and startup activities. Create technical documentation, develop modernization plans, optimize process controls, guide maintenance teams, provide training, and support system reliability and safety. The role requires engineering education and experience with PLCs, drives, HMIs, DCS, instrumentation, control networks, preventive maintenance, and AutoCAD.

Supports Sonoco’s global sustainable packaging strategy and compliance activities. Reviews packaging, supply chain, reporting, and communication regulations; coordinates implementation with stakeholders; analyzes market and customer insights; manages sustainability documentation and customer requests; supports industry associations, training, recyclability trials, and SEDEX/SMETA activities. The role also contributes to sustainable product development, global reporting, and continuous improvement.

Performs treasury transaction controls, cash movement and settlement validation, bank reconciliations, treasury accounting reviews, financial statement preparation under US and Dutch GAAP, compliance testing, discrepancy resolution, and treasury process improvement. Supports payment security, fraud prevention, TMS implementation, audit requirements, and maintenance of treasury procedures.

Coordinates site QEHS systems, audits, compliance records, occupational health activities, incident and risk reporting, training, PPE, corrective actions, communications, and performance reporting. Supports legal, company, and ISO compliance while monitoring actions, maintaining confidential health records, coordinating training and surveillance, and assisting with continuous improvement initiatives.

Coordinates UK and international shipping, customs documentation, purchasing orders, supplier and invoice queries, site meetings, visitor access, travel bookings, stock replenishment, vehicle administration, and general site support. Maintains accurate records, resolves delivery and procurement issues, supports compliance and audits, and serves as a key contact for logistics, purchasing, facilities, and administrative enquiries.

Paid 12-week engineering technology internship in Sonoco’s IPP Division. Interns gain hands-on experience in manufacturing and packaging through projects, plant tours, leadership engagement, networking, and collaboration with industry experts. The role requires enrollment in an engineering bachelor’s or master’s program, technical aptitude, leadership experience, and strong communication and interpersonal skills. Housing, activity, and relocation support are provided.

Supports commercial profitability through RFQ costing, financial modeling, pricing analysis, customer and product profitability reviews, and cost recovery tracking. Partners with Sales, Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, and technical teams to validate assumptions, improve costing models, support customer negotiations, maintain data quality, and provide insights into margin erosion, pricing gaps, and cost inefficiencies across EMEA and APAC markets.

Performs plant-level accounting activities, including accounts payable, customer invoicing, month-end close, ledger review, reconciliations, inventory reporting, cost accounting, capital expenditure tracking, forecasting, budgeting, and audit support. Maintains alignment between Navision and Oracle financial systems, analyzes standard cost variances, supports internal controls, and prepares financial reports for business decisions.

Leads process improvement for paper manufacturing operations, focusing on productivity, scrap reduction, quality, process control, and workplace improvements. Develops and manages capital projects, manufacturing control strategies, standard work instructions, mill audits, engineering changes, and improvement plans. Applies Six Sigma and Total Quality Management methods, supports maintenance systems, and collaborates with quality teams and customers to improve paper grades and qualify process changes.

Paid finance internship involving hands-on projects, exposure to manufacturing and packaging operations, networking with business leaders, and professional development. Interns receive mentorship, plant tours, feedback, and enterprise business knowledge. The position is based in Hartsville, South Carolina, with housing, activity stipend, and relocation assistance provided.

Paid engineering internship in Sonoco’s Reels Industrial Paper Products Division. Interns complete hands-on manufacturing and engineering projects, learn from industry experts, participate in plant and leadership activities, and build professional networks. Candidates should be enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s program, have prior internship experience, leadership experience, technical aptitude, and strong communication and presentation skills. The role is located in Hartselle, Alabama, with housing, activity stipend, and relocation assistance provided.

Paid 12-week manufacturing internship in Sonoco’s Industrial Paper Production Division. Interns gain hands-on experience through projects, plant tours, leadership engagement, networking, and industry mentorship. Potential focus areas include manufacturing, process engineering, quality, safety, sales, finance, supply chain, and related business functions. The position is located in Jefferson, Texas, with housing, activity stipend, and relocation assistance provided.