Industrial Maintenance Reliability Technician

Location:

Forest City, NC | Position:
Industrial Maintenance Reliability Technician | Rate: $29.59 - 31.77/hr (based on education and experience) | Shift: Primarily 1st shift, but must be willing to work overtime, including off shifts.

Reporting to the Plant Engineer, the Industrial Maintenance Reliability Technician (IMRT) supports the achievement of maximum plant reliability by performing maintenance tasks and activities as an owner of Sonoco’s Maintenance Excellence Process. Maintenance and reliability best practices are used to keep equipment in optimum condition, maximize availability, and support technological advancement. The IMRT uses advanced multi‑craft training and knowledge to perform proactive equipment/process/system maintenance;

troubleshoot failures; perform root‑cause analysis; make repairs that minimize repeat failures; and actively participate in our continuous improvement effort.

• Understand and comply with safety policies and procedures.
• Perform all tasks in a safe manner.
• Set the standard for safe behavior.
• Look out for your co‑workers’ safety.
• Be an active owner of the safety improvement process by identifying and reducing safety risks and hazards in behavior, equipment, and processes.
• Proactively maintain, improve, install, troubleshoot, and repair mechanical, electrical, robotic/automation, hydraulic, pneumatic, and steam (location specific) systems/processes/equipment.
• Install, troubleshoot, and maintain AC and DC drives/motors.
• Effectively perform troubleshooting activities on PLC programs; modify and/or write PLC programs as required.
• Weld as required by location.
• Fabricate and install various electrical, piping, pneumatic, and mechanical equipment as required by location.
• Perform shop work using machining and shop equipment (lathes, drills, milling machines, etc.) as required by location.
• Safely and effectively troubleshoot and situationally assess equipment issues/failures.
• Implement the most applicable, effective corrective action based on circumstances.
• Conduct thorough root‑cause analysis and follow up to ensure the optimum corrective action has been taken.
• Ensure corrective actions minimize the risk of repeat failures.
• Assist in the development / modification and implementation of procedures / activities to drive zero failure.
• Drive the proactive maintenance process to eliminate unplanned failures.
• Effectively perform preventive / predictive maintenance tasks and procedures.
• Participate in developing / improving / optimizing preventive / predictive maintenance procedures and tasks.
• Communicate effectively with operations personnel to identify and resolve abnormal or degraded equipment conditions that could negatively impact safety, quality, or productivity.
• Help develop operator skill sets to allow for asset ownership and care at the operator level.
• Effectively document all maintenance activity in the Computerized Maintenance Management System to build an accurate database of asset history.
• Assist in identifying opportunities to improve equipment inspection, lubrication, and hard‑to‑access areas for new equipment installs and for current equipment.
• Identify and utilize the proper tools for each job.
• Meet or exceed housekeeping and 5S standards in all maintenance areas, personal ownership areas, and all areas owned by the Maintenance Department.

• Demonstrated competency in the skills laid out in the competency matrix for each of the IMRT classifications (I, II, III, & Sr).
• Technical skills and knowledge to proactively maintain, improve, install, troubleshoot, and repair mechanical, electrical, robotic/automation, hydraulic, pneumatic, and steam systems/processes/equipment.
• Ability to read and understand mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical (including PLC program logic) schematics.
• Working knowledge and experience in performing electrical work in compliance with NFPA 70E – Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace.
• Welding (skill level to be determined by specific Sonoco location).
• Machining / Fabrication (skill level to be determined by specific Sonoco location).
• Proficiency with standard computer programs (Microsoft Office…