Tool Room Supervisor

Sonoco • Columbus, OH

1d • $88,000 - $99,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Tool Room Supervisor leads and develops a team of machinists and oversees tool room operations to support efficient manufacturing. Responsibilities include scheduling work, maintaining quality assurance and tooling inspections, ensuring safety compliance, managing equipment calibration, and supporting continuous improvement. The role supervises 6–8 machinists and is located at Sonoco’s Columbus, Ohio facility. It reports directly to the Department Manager.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Hands-on machining experience and ability to operate equipment such as lathes, mills, and surface grinders.
• Advanced knowledge of AutoCAD and SolidWorks.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and develop 6–8 employees in the Machinist classification.
• Comply with Sonoco, facility, and departmental safety practices; maintain a safe and secure work environment by correcting unsafe acts and conditions, communicating facility-wide L2L level 1, 2, and 3 safety incidents, performing monthly safety inspections, and investigating accidents as required.
• Support and follow SQF (Safe Quality Food) guidelines and the food safety system, as well as company policies, SOPs, and best practices.
• Inspect machine shop finished products, analyze quality trends and deviations, and recommend improvements.
• Perform quality assurance inspections on tooling received from suppliers and evaluate incoming materials against standards.
• Inform plant leadership of significant tooling deviations that could affect manufacturing, whether received from suppliers or assembled in the machine shop.
• Assess process deviations to prevent production or shipment of substandard products; isolate defective products and use sampling plans to determine fitness for use.
• Prepare activity reports on daily inventories, tooling usage, and process deviations.
• Maintain machine shop measurement gauges and equipment inspections; control, provide, and calibrate gauges and instruments, and initiate requisitions to ensure compliance with group standards.
• Schedule and assign machine shop work through the dispatch system.
• Interact with vendors and suppliers.
• Access, enter, and retrieve information using a computer.
• Evaluate machinists’ skill levels, identify strengths and areas for improvement, provide feedback, and establish training needs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, including FSA and HSA options.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
• Wellbeing tools and resources, including an Employee Assistance Program.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Company-paid and voluntary employee-paid insurance plans, including life, personal accident, and disability insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager