Quality Engineer

Sonoco; Aprilia; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonoco in Aprilia, Centre of Italy, is seeking a Quality Engineer for our metal-closures manufacturing facility. The role reports to the Plant Quality Manager and focuses on ensuring quality across finished goods and production processes.

Qualified candidates have a degree in Management or Mechanical Engineering and 3–5 years of industrial quality experience, with strong leadership, problem-solving, and language skills in Italian and English.

Qualifications

• University Degree in Management or Mechanical Engineering with 3–5 years industrial experience in Quality.
• Good knowledge of quality instruments used in a certified system.
• Strong people-management abilities and leadership potential.
• Strong problem-solving, teamwork and communication skills.
• Fluent Italian and good knowledge of English.

Responsibilities

• Ensure conformity of finished goods through verification and continuous improvement of production processes.
• Coordinate the Quality Inspectors.
• Manage vision systems.
• Supervise sorting activities.
• Lead problem solving until corrective actions are defined to prevent recurrence (Non-Conformity and OOS).

Skills

People management

Problem solving

Teamwork

Communication

Italian (fluent)

English (good)

Education

University Degree in Management or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

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 45 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialisation and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people.

While reporting to the Plant Quality Manager, as a Quality Technician, you will be responsible for ensuring quality expectations of every customer, both internal and external are met or exceeded. Safety, quality, productivity and strong work ethic are important to the Sonoco culture.

We have a vacancy for a Quality Engineer in our factory in Aprilia (Centre of Italy).

Aprilia Plant is specialized in metal closures mainly for tomato, pickles, sauce and condiments. We also develop and assemble sealing machines for our customers and equipment for the manufacturing of closures in our Centre of Engineering.

We offer you an interesting position in an international company where we value personal development.

What You Will Do

• You ensure the conformity of the finished goods through the verification and continuous improvement of the production processes.
• You coordinate the Quality Inspectors.
• You manage vision systems.
• You supervise sorting activities.
• You supervise problem solving activities until the definition of corrective improvement actions necessary to the non-recurrence of the problem (Non-Conformity and OOS).

About You

• You have a University Degree in Management or Mechanical Engineering with a minimum 3-5 years industrial experience in Quality.
• You have a Good Knowledge of all quality instruments necessary in a certified system
• You have good a ability to manage people
• You have Problem Solving, Team Working and Communication skills.
• You speak fluent Italian and you have a good knowledge of English language

For more information, visit www.sonoco.com/careers or follow us on social media @sonocolife!

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.

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.