Plant Quality Manager
Sonoco · Carrollton, TX
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $88k–$99k
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Certification
- Green Belt preferred
- Industry
- Packaging
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management quality role at Sonoco (packaging) in Carrollton, TX. 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.
- They ask for
- 2+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience) · Green Belt preferred
- Tools it names
- Six Sigma, Green Belt, APQP
- Base pay
- $88k–$99k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Texas: typical posted base $90k–$121k. This one lists $88k–$99k.
Median of the low and high ends of 20 live postings that list pay, out of 84 quality engineer openings in Texas, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 83 other live quality postings in Texas.
- Base pay
- About 11% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 3+)
Typical $90k–$121k, from 18 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 69%
- New product launch 38%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 37%
- Lean 36%
- FMEA 33%
- ✓ Six Sigma 30%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Green Belt, Union environment, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Sonoco
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- The posting mentions a Green Belt. Does the company sponsor certification?
- 4
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If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
Full description from SonocoAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
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.
As a Plant Quality Manager, you will be responsible for the maintenance and control of the plant’s quality testing and reporting system within the plant.
What you'll be doing
- •Providing development and maintenance of the quality testing/reporting system.
- •Responsible to develop, coordinate, support, train, assist, and facilitate within all attributes of the Quality Management System
- •Point of contact for all Customer issues, lead corrective actions, and ensure Sonoco is meeting all customer requirements.
- •Responsible for the Advanced Product Quality Planning Process (APQP)
- •Lead the continuous improvement program.
- •Reduces variation within work tasks to improve process efficiency and quality.
- •Managing the specification, test methods, instructions, and audit processes.
- •Ensure quality records are maintained.
- •Develops best practices for each operation within the plant and trains across all shifts as required
This position is located in Irving, TX.
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We’d love to hear from you if
- •You have a four-year degree, preferably in the sciences or engineering (or equivalent experience).
- •2+ years’ experience in the development and maintenance of a quality testing/reporting system.
- •Six Sigma Green Belt certified is preferred
Benefits
- •Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, including FSA and HSA options
- •401(k) retirement plan with company match
- •Wellbeing tools and resources to support holistic health, including an Employee Assistance Program with a variety of services
- •Paid time off and holidays to recreate, rejuvenate and care for the health of yourself and family
- •Variety of company paid and voluntary employee-paid insurance plans including life, personal accident, and disability insurance
- •Tuition reimbursement